The Moon finds a partner, because on September 29 it will be joined by a smaller celestial body that will stay with it for about two months. The asteroid, called 2024 PT5, is part of the Arjuna asteroid belt and is about a truck in length.
The space rock associated with the Moon was discovered last August, when it approached Earth by astronomical standards by about 568,000 kilometers. It orbits the sun with its companions, but now spends some time as a small moon next to the bright celestial body during our nights.
A moon is a relatively small body orbiting another planet.
Professor Daniel Brown at Nottingham Trent University explained. He also reported that 2024 PT5 will stay close to us for 57 days, but will return after leaving, in 2025, according to scientists. These objects, which are a common phenomenon, cannot be seen with the naked eye in most cases, and are not easy to detect with a telescope either, because they move very quickly.
Four years ago, a small moon was discovered orbiting the Earth. The newspaper wrote that the asteroid, then named 2020 CD3, remained in this orbit for about a year Sky News. Astronomers continue to track objects like 2024 PT5 to see if they report them risk To our planet – but it is almost impossible for the moon pair to start from half the Earth.
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