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Earth’s Gravity Will Capture a ‘Mini-Moon,’ Which Will Orbit for 57 Days

2024 PT₅ is only the fifth mini-moon of its kind to be detected around Earth.

Astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery recorded this rarely seen phenomenon of the full moon partially obscured by the atmosphere of Earth, December 21, 1999.
Astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery recorded this rarely seen phenomenon of the full moon partially obscured by the atmosphere of Earth, December 21, 1999. NASA via Wikimedia Commons