Earth To Temporarily Capture A 'Mini-Moon' - See An Orbit Animation

Earth captured asteroid 2024 PT5 back in September and expected to hold on to it till November according to Universidad Complutense de Madrid professor Carlos de la Fuente Marcos.

See an orbit animation of the estimated 37 foot wide space rock from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

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