The asteroid was found by a group called ATLAS, which stands for Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System, in August.

The asteroid, named 2024 PT5, will do a 56-day horseshoe-shaped fly-by near Earth before it continues on it journey.

The mini-moon is Asteroid 2024 PT5, which was discovered in August. In an article published by the American Astronomical ...

An newly discovered asteroid will be captured by Earth's gravity this fall. The "mini-moon" will spend about two months in ...

Meet asteroid 2024 PT5, Earth’s latest mini-moon. “It is pretty cool,” Federica Spoto, an asteroid dynamics researcher at the ...

A newly discovered asteroid, also referred to as a mini-moon or second moon, is set to enter Earth's orbit temporarily this ...

(CNN) — Earth is about to gain a new “mini-moon,” but it won’t stay around for long. The newly discovered asteroid, named ...

The asteroid was discovered in August and is set to become a mini-moon, spinning around Earth in a horseshoe shape for about ...

A temporary “mini-moon” will whirl around Earth for about two months as our planet’s gravity captures a small asteroid in its orbit.

PT5 will orbit Earth briefly from September 29 to November 25, 2024, acting as a mini moon. It was discovered in August 2024 ...

PT5 will orbit Earth from September 29 to November 25, before breaking free from the planet's gravitational pull.