Earth is getting a tiny new mini-moon. It won’t be the first (or the last)
- Written by Laura Nicole Driessen, Postdoctoral researcher in radio astronomy, University of Sydney
The minimoon 2020 CD3 orbited Earth between 2018 and 2020.International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/G. Fedorets, CC BYEarth is going to have its very own mini-moon from September 29 until November 25. The regular Moon’s new, temporary friend is 2024 PT₅, an asteroid captured from the Arjuna asteroid group (called the...





