Planet Earth is parting company with an asteroid that’s been tagging along as a “mini moon” for the past two months. The harmless space rock will peel away on Monday, overcome by the stronger tug of the sun’s gravity. But it will zip closer for a quick visit in January.

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Planet Earth and an asteroid that has spent the last two months floating along as a “mini moon” are going their separate ways – with the space rock moving away today.

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Earth is parting company with an asteroid that's been tagging along as a “mini moon” for the past two months. The harmless space rock will peel away on Monday, overcome

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Earth bids farewell to an asteroid that is possibly a chunk of our actual moon

A 10-metre asteroid that was possibly ejected from the moon is departing its journey near Earth – but will return for a closer visit in January.

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Earth bids farewell to temporary ‘mini moon’ that is possibly a chunk of actual moon

AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Earth is parting company with an asteroid that’s been tagging along as a “mini moon” for the past two months. The harmless space rock will peel away on Monday, overcome by the stronger tug of the sun’s gravity. But it will stick around the neighborhood and pass within 1 million miles of Earth in January. Then it will zoom farther into the solar system and will not return until 2055. Discovered in A…

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Earth bids farewell to temporary ‘mini moon’

Asteroid 2024 PT5, otherwise known as our "second moon," ends its two-month visit to Earth on Monday.

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The asteroid 2024 RT5, called Earth's “mini-moon”, will move away from the planet before 2055, according to the Guardian. RIA Novosti, 25.11.2024

Астероид 2024 РТ5, названный "мини-Луной" Земли, удалится от планеты до 2055 года, сообщает газета Guardian. РИА Новости, 25.11.2024

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—Planet Earth is parting company with an asteroid that’s been tagging along as a “mini moon” for the past two months.
The harmless space rock will peel away on Monday. But it will zip closer for a quick visit in January.
NASA will use a radar antenna to observe the 33-foot asteroid then. That should deepen scientists’ understanding of the object known as 2024 PT5, quite possibly a boulder that was blasted off the moon by an i…

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Earth Bids Farewell to Its Temporary ‘Mini Moon’

The “mini moon” that’s been tagging along in Earth’s orbit recently is departing on Monday — leaving behind a scientific surprise: It may have once been part of our own actual moon. Asteroid 2024 PT5, as it’s been dubbed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), is not actually orbiting Earth since it was never carried by Earth’s gravitational field. But it did hover about 2 million miles away, and will return in January some …

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