Earth’s recent ‘mini-moon’ may be an actual piece of the moon, astronomers say
An asteroid that orbited near Earth for a few months as a mini-moon may be a chunk of the moon that was blasted off by an ...
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Earth’s recent ‘mini-moon’ may be an actual piece of the moon, astronomers say
De la Fuente Marcos’ paper in September suggested that the object is part of the Arjuna asteroid belt, which is made of small asteroids that have orbits around the sun similar to Earth’s orbit.
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Asteroid 2024 Pt5
This small asteroid, part of the Arjuna asteroid belt, will only remain in Earth’s orbit until November 25, 2024, before continuing its journey around the sun. Though not visible to the average ...