An object struck a satellite in Earth's orbit, leaving a hole The satellite company NanoAvionics released images online showing the damage to its MP42 satellite, launched in 2022 and designed to host several instruments for different customers. The source of the ... 11/8/2024 - 9:30 pm | View Link
Our celestial visitor, the ‘mini-moon’ Have you ever worried about the moon getting lonely in its terrestrial orbit? Well, worry no more. The moon has found a friend! 11/3/2024 - 8:13 pm | View Link
Earth's second moon, a mini-moon, will drift away in a few days and never return On September 29, 2024, Earth captured a tiny asteroid named 2024 PT5, turning it into a temporary mini-moon. It won't be around much longer. 11/1/2024 - 11:51 am | View Link
Earth’s Temporary Second Moon 2024 PT5 Bids Farewell as It Exits Orbit Earth’s newly captured mini-moon 2024 PT5 will depart in November, highlighting the fascination with transient asteroids. 11/1/2024 - 5:59 am | View Link
Until Thanksgiving, Earth Has a Temporary Mini-Moon: Here's the Story Scientists call such phenomena mini-moons. The asteroid was found by a group called ATLAS, which stands for Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System, in August. The researchers who found it ... 10/28/2024 - 4:13 am | View Link