Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter and experienced stargazer who covers the night sky, astro-tourism, the northern lights and space exploration. He received the 2023 Popular Media Award from the American Astronomical Society's Solar Physics Division and is the author of A Stargazing Program for Beginners. Writing for Forbes.
. Having entered into an orbit of Earth on Sept. 29, 2024, a near- Earth asteroid called 2024 PT5 was captured by our planet for a short time but will today be released back into the solar system to orbit the sun.Measuring approximately 11 meters in diameter, roughly the length of a London bus, 2024 PT5 has been orbiting about 1.9 million miles from Earth . That's way beyond the moon's orbit, Earth 's only natural satellite.
2024 PT5 is an Arjuna asteroid with an orbit around the sun similar to Earth's. They, therefore, frequently buzz past Earth and can, like 2024 PT5, experience"captured flyby" events, also called mini-moon episodes. Arjuna asteroids come from the Arjuna region of the Main Asteroid Belt between Mars and Jupiter.It was discovered on Aug. 7, 2024, by the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System, an asteroid detection system in Hawaii, Chile and South Africa.
Also called 2016 HO3, Kamoʻoalewa — “oscillating celestial object” in Hawaiian — is about 130 to 330 feet across, about the same size as the Statue of Liberty. It was discovered in 2016. 2024 PT5 will next come close to Earth on Jan. 9, 2025, but it won't get close enough to go into orbit.Our community is about connecting people through open and thoughtful conversations. We want our readers to share their views and exchange ideas and facts in a safe space.
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