2024 Pt5 Mini Moon. The tiny asteroid, which researchers named 2024 pt5, will temporarily orbit earth before returning to an asteroid belt revolving around the sun. Part of nasa’s deep space network, the goldstone solar system radar, near barstow in california, will track the object during its next close pass of our planet, in january.
The newly discovered asteroid, named 2024 pt5, will temporarily be captured by earth’s gravity and orbit our world from september 29 to november 25, according to. Why is it called a ‘mini moon’ and can you see it?