Starting from September 29 and lasting until November 25, Earth will temporarily capture a small asteroid named 2024 PT5. Discovered by NASA’s ATLAS system, this asteroid is about 10 meters wide and will follow a horseshoe-shaped path around Earth. However, it won’t complete a full orbit around our planet.
Similar to the asteroid 2022 NX1, 2024 PT5 is a natural space object that probably came from the Arjuna asteroid belt. Although Earth has previously captured asteroids for complete orbits, this one will only stay for 53 days before it moves away.
This brief encounter is a rare opportunity to see how Earth interacts with space objects and demonstrates how our planet can influence nearby asteroids.
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