Earth’s ‘mini moon’ which may be chunk of actual moon set to disappear
by Richard Luscombe and agency from on (#6SFKE)
School-bus-sized asteroid known as 2024 PT5 and currently 2m miles from Earth will begin journey towards sun
A so-called mini-moon of Earth that has been lingering in the heavens since September will begin a journey towards the sun on Monday as it prepares to disappear until 2055.
The school-bus-sized asteroid known as 2024 PT5 might actually be a huge boulder that broke from the moon after another space rock crashed into it centuries ago, astronomers say.
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