Tag Archive for 'Mini-moon'

(3122) Florence will pass safely by Earth on September 1, at a distance of about 4.4 million miles. Image credit: University of Colorado.

Earth’s New Mini-Moon is Sign of Tremendous Potential for Space Mining, Scientists Say

Oct 16, 2024 by News Staff

2024 PT5, a new mini-moon of our planet, arrived in Earth’s orbit on September 29, 2024. 2024 PT5 will experience a temporarily captured flyby in...

Earth Will Have Mini-Moon for Two Months: 2024 PT5

Sep 23, 2024 by Natali Anderson

The recently-discovered near-Earth asteroid called 2024 PT5 will become Earth’s mini-moon from September 29 until November 25, 2024. 2024 PT5...

This image, taken with the 8-m Gemini North telescope on Hawaii’s Maunakea, shows Earth’s minimoon 2020 CD3 (center, point source). The image combines three images each obtained using different filters to produce this color composite. Image credit: International Gemini Observatory / NOIRLab / NSF / AURA / G. Fedorets.

Earth’s Second Known Minimoon is Natural Object, Astronomers Say

Nov 25, 2020 by News Staff

In a new paper published in the Astronomical Journal, astronomers from the United States, Canada and Europe provide a detailed characterization of the...

This photo shows a Centaur upper-stage rocket before being mated to an Atlas booster in 1966. Image credit: NASA.

Earth Has New, Temporary Mini-Moon: Rocket Booster from 1960s-Era

Nov 17, 2020 by News Staff

On November 8, 2020, our planet captured a tiny object — the Centaur upper stage rocket booster that helped lift NASA’s Surveyor 2 spacecraft toward...

2020 CD3 is estimated to be only between one and six meters across. Image credit: Jonny Lindner.

Earth Has New, Temporary Moon: 2020 CD3

Feb 27, 2020 by The Conversation

The Minor Planet Centre has just announced that our planet has been orbited by a second moon for the past three years or so. Designated 2020 CD3, the object...