🌏Earth's New Mini Moon
✅For this current two months, Earth will have a cosmic guest. A so-called “mini moon” will join our actual moon in circling the planet until Nov. 25.
🌙What exactly is the mini moon? It’s actually a small asteroid –– only 33 meters across, the size of a bus and 300,000 times smaller than Earth’s — that has temporarily entered Earth’s gravitational pull,
🌕This mini moon, asteroid 2024 PT5, came from the Arjuna asteroid belt, a group of small asteroids that were discovered only in the last 30 years, and it is set to return to Earth’s orbit in 2055.
🔭Unfortunately, for those hoping to catch a glimpse of the mini moon, it’s too small and dark to be seen with the naked eye. Unless you have access to a powerful telescope, Earth’s little cosmic guest will be out of sight for most people.
✅For this current two months, Earth will have a cosmic guest. A so-called “mini moon” will join our actual moon in circling the planet until Nov. 25.
🌙What exactly is the mini moon? It’s actually a small asteroid –– only 33 meters across, the size of a bus and 300,000 times smaller than Earth’s — that has temporarily entered Earth’s gravitational pull,
🌕This mini moon, asteroid 2024 PT5, came from the Arjuna asteroid belt, a group of small asteroids that were discovered only in the last 30 years, and it is set to return to Earth’s orbit in 2055.
🔭Unfortunately, for those hoping to catch a glimpse of the mini moon, it’s too small and dark to be seen with the naked eye. Unless you have access to a powerful telescope, Earth’s little cosmic guest will be out of sight for most people.