This evidence, they write in a new paper, seems to point toward the mini-moon originating from the Moon ... by objects that might one day cross our path. With this information, they can hopefully ...

This unusual path hints that it may have formed in our neighborhood. Scientists studying 2024 PT5 have new data pointing to the Moon as the source of this rock. They suspect it was knocked off the ...

A chunk of space rock that visited near Earth's orbit last year was widely referred to as a "mini-moon." Turns out the lunar-inspired moniker may have been more accurate than we realized.

A small piece of space rock that lingered near Earth last year, which was dubbed its temporary “mini-moon” may have been ... Its unusual path, which remains close to Earth without actually ...

A small asteroid lingered close to our planet in its orbit around the Sun, temporarily caught by Earth’s gravity to become a far away mini-moon. A closer look at the space rock reveals a rather ...

Despite initial predictions of it becoming a temporary mini-moon, it maintained a horseshoe ... object never really orbited Earth but had its path slightly altered by a very close approach with ...

Asteroid 2024 PT5, which almost became a temporary mini-moon to Earth, was recently found to be a broken-off part of the moon itself. This discovery has led scientists to believe there are many ...

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While the space rocks largely originate from the main asteroid belt located between Mars and Jupiter, some have been created after impacts chipped off parts of the moon's surface.