However, according to a new paper in The Planetary Science Journal, the moon might actually have been stolen, snatched out of space from the orbit of another celestial body during a close encounter.
Earth will likely get another satellite, a mini-moon, tomorrow for two months ... wide and hails from the Arjuna asteroid belt, a jumble of space rocks that orbit the sun close to Earth.
Earth is getting a tiny new mini-moon for a few weeks. It won’t be the first – or the last ... NEOs are defined as natural physical objects floating in space, such as asteroids (space rocks) or comets ...
and will end at 11:43 EDT on November 25," mini-moon event expert and Universidad Complutense de Madrid professor Carlos de la Fuente Marcos told Space.com. 2024 PT5 is part of "the Arjuna ...
Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The European Space Agency is preparing for future moon missions by opening a new training facility in ...