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@[email protected]M to [email protected]English • 10 months ago

Earth to have new mini-moon for two months

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Earth to have new mini-moon for two months

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A pair of asteroid dynamics researchers from Universidad Complutense de Madrid Ciudad Universitaria have found that a small asteroid will make one orbit around the Earth starting this month before departing back into other parts of the solar system.
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  • TXL
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    1•9 months ago

    That’s no moon.

  • Cadeillac
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    17•10 months ago

    Is it going to be visible to the naked eye?

    • @[email protected]
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      21•10 months ago

      I’m no expert but with a size of 10m, I don’t think so :/

      • @[email protected]
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        7•10 months ago

        That’s smaller than Hubble.

        • @[email protected]
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          2•9 months ago

          damn I didn’t realise Hubble was that big

        • @[email protected]
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          5•10 months ago

          It’s not the size of your mirror that matters …. Oh I guess it is

    • @[email protected]OPM
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      9•10 months ago

      Quoting from another article:

      The researchers said, unfortunately, it would be too dim to see with the naked eye. According to the NASA JPL, 2024 PT5 has an absolute magnitude of 27.6, which is very dim and won’t be visible through most amateur telescopes.

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