A small asteroid will be pulled into orbit around the Earth as a “mini-moon” later this month before the space rock departs into other parts of the solar system. The 10m-wide asteroid ...

A tiny asteroid will orbit around our planet for 53 days from the end of September. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Earth is set to gain another moon by the end of the month — a small asteroid that will be snared by our planet's gravity until the end of the year,

For instance, one such space rock 2022 NX 1 was a short-lived “mini-moon” in 1981 and again in 2022. The asteroid 2024 PT5 as the name suggests was only discovered last month by scientists ...

An asteroid named 2024 ON just passed near Earth without causing any damage, and another asteroid, which might appear like a mini-moon, is on its way. That asteroid, named 2024 PT5, is just 33 feet long and is travelling in cosmic space.