It S Been Confirmed That Earth Has A New Mini Moon And The Original The last time we had a mini moon was in 2022. asteroid 2022 nx1 became a mini moon for a few months that year and is believed to have previously been captured by earth in 1981. Space 18 september 2024. by michael irving. our regular moon will soon have company. (nasa) move over, moon – earth's about to pick up a new natural satellite. this "mini moon" will be with us for the next two months, but it's not its first visit and it won't be the last. this temporary mini moon is actually a small asteroid about 10 meters.
Earth Has Captured A New Mini Moon Youtube Here's an animated gif of our new mini moon 2020 cd3, discovered by @wierzchoskacper. rotating frame keeps the earth sun line stationary. orbital elements courtesy of iua mpec. t.co. In other words, earth’s new mini moon could be a miniature fragment of the actual moon. to date, about 11,000 such asteroids out of a projected total of 25,000 have been identified. More information: carlos de la fuente marcos et al, a two month mini moon: 2024 pt 5 captured by earth from september to november, research notes of the aas (2024). doi: 10.3847 2515 5172 ad781f. Earth gets a new moon most months, but this month, we got two. about 4 a.m. on feb. 15 at the mount lemmon observatory, 9,000 feet above tucson, two astronomers from the catalina sky survey.
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