Earth Might Gain Another Moon Temporarily as a Small Asteroid Could Begin Orbit It, Claims Study

https://ift.tt/LxJuGij Earth might gain another Moon, a miniature one, due to a rare phenomenon called gravitational trapping. Carlos de la Fuente Marcos and Raúl de la Fuente Marcos, researchers from Universidad Complutense de Madrid, have announced an intriguing celestial event. A small asteroid, named 2024 PT5, is set to become Earth's temporary mini-moon for approximately two months ...