Asteroid 2024 PT5: Earth’s ‘Mini-Moon’ Set to Depart, Returning in 2055 – What You Need to Know

Asteroid 2024 PT5: Earth’s ‘Mini-Moon’ Set to Depart, Returning in 2055 – What You Need to Know

Jakarta – The recently discovered small moon or ‘twin’ of the Earth-hauling Moon, Asteroid 2024 PT5, will soon leave the area around our planet and only return in 2055. Discovered by the ATLAS research project in August 2024, this bus-sized asteroid was pulled by Earth’s gravity from September 29 to November 25, 2024. Astronomers have … Read more