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  2. Space.com
    https://www.space.com/earth-will-capture-second-moon-sept-2024

    Earth has caught a 'second moon,' scientists say | Space

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  4. CNN
    https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/20/science/earth-asteroid-mini-moon

    A space rock is about to become Earth’s new ‘mini-moon’ - CNN

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  5. NBC News
    https://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/mini-moon...

    Asteroid will soon enter Earth's orbit as temporary 'mini moon'

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    Science Reporter
  6. NASA Blogs
    https://blogs.nasa.gov/planetarydefense/2024/10/02/...

    NASA to Track Asteroid 2024 PT5 on Next Close Pass, January 2025

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    United States Department of Defense
  7. Smithsonian Magazine
    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/earth-is...

    Earth Is Getting a New 'Mini Moon' for the Next Two Months, …

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    Smithsonian Institution
  8. Scientific American
    https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/tiny...

    Tiny Asteroid Will Briefly Become Earth’s Mini Moon - Scientific …

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    Will 2024 PT5 be captured by Earth's gravity?
    Because 2024 PT5 has a similar motion to Earth’s around the Sun, the asteroid will linger as a distant companion of our planet for a few months at a distance of about nine times farther away from Earth than the Moon. During this time, the object will never be captured by Earth’s gravity.

    NASA to Track Asteroid 2024 PT5 on Next Close Pass, January 2025

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    What is 2024 PT5?
    Dynamically speaking, the first two objects are much like 2024 PT5 in that they’ve been observed briefly loitering in Earth’s clutches only to be swept away before completing a single revolution of our planet. Such “flyby” mini-moon events are thought to crop up several times each decade, albeit most have so far gone undetected by astronomers.

    Tiny Asteroid Will Briefly Become Earth’s Mini Moon - Scientific American

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    What is asteroid 2024 PT5?
    Meet asteroid 2024 PT5, Earth’s latest mini-moon. “It is pretty cool,” Federica Spoto, an asteroid dynamics researcher at the Center for Astrophysics, Harvard and Smithsonian, tells Robin George Andrews of the New York Times. A plethora of objects chart their courses the sun in different orbits.

    Earth Is Getting a New 'Mini Moon' for the Next Two Months

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    Will asteroid 2024 PT5 be a'mini-Moon'?
    Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Earth is about to gain a new “mini-moon,” but it won’t stay around for long. The newly discovered asteroid, named 2024 PT5, will temporarily be captured by Earth’s gravity and orbit our world from September 29 to November 25, according to astronomers.

    Earth is about to have a temporary ‘mini-moon’ | CNN

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    Is 2024 PT5 a mini moon?
    Based on 122 measurements of its orbit across 21 days, 2024 PT5 is predicted to be transiently captured by Earth again in 2055, offering three decades in which to plan your ideal observations. (Tracing 2024 PT5’s orbit back across the years suggests this object also briefly became a mini moon in 1960, although no one noticed at the time.)

    Tiny Asteroid Will Briefly Become Earth’s Mini Moon - Scientific American

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    When will asteroid 2024 PT5 return to Earth?
    After asteroid 2024 PT5 departs its terrestrial orbit, it will continue swinging around the sun, making its next pit stop at Earth in 2055. If you miss these two visits, the next mini-moon might often be just a few years away. “Captures like this must occur frequently,” Richardson tells the Washington Post.

    Earth Is Getting a New 'Mini Moon' for the Next Two Months

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  10. Wikipedia
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_PT5

    2024 PT5 - Wikipedia

  11. University of Hawaii System
    https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/09/24/new...

    Earth’s new ‘companion asteroid’ discovered by UH-operated …

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    University of Hawaiʻi
  12. Astronomy Magazine
    https://www.astronomy.com/science/earth-gets-a-new...

    Meet 2024 PT5, Earth’s temporary mini-moon - Astronomy …

  13. npr.org
    https://www-s4.npr.org/2024/09/21/nx-s1-5121914/...

    A new 'mini-moon' comes to Earth this fall : NPR

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