Earth’s Mini-Moon Mystery Solved: It’s a Chunk of the Moon
For a brief, but exciting, time last year, Earth had two moons. A small asteroid lingered close to our planet in its orbit ...
Remember the 'mini-moon' last year? Study finds it was likely just a chunk of the actual moon
A chunk of space rock that visited near Earth's orbit last year was widely called a "mini-moon," a nickname that was more appropriate than thought.
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Earth’s Mini-Moon Was Probably a Piece of Its Real Moon
Scientists think our planet’s “mini-moon,” a small rock discovered near Earth in 2024, was hurled into space by an ancient impact on the lunar surface. Blue Origin, owned by Jeff Bezos ...
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Remember the 'mini-moon' last year? Study finds it was likely just a chunk of the actual moon
The "mini-moon" designation, which is used to refer ... While the asteroid never posed a threat to our planet, it did intrigue astronomers, who rushed to study it before it bid farewell and ...
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Earth’s recent ‘mini-moon’ may be an actual piece of the moon, astronomers say
Despite predictions that the asteroid might become a temporary mini-moon whirling around Earth, the space rock maintained a horseshoe orbit that brought it close, but it never actually entered into an ...
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Earth’s recent ‘mini-moon’ may be an actual piece of the moon, astronomers say
but it never actually entered into an orbit around our planet. However, this almost-mini-moon is still special as it is potentially a piece of the real moon, said Dr. Teddy Kareta, a postdoctoral ...