# Earth Will Get a Second 'Mini-Moon' For 2 Months This Year 🌑

**URL:** <https://onehack.st/t/earth-will-get-a-second-mini-moon-for-2-months-this-year/291746>\
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**Created:** [September 20, 2024, 1:47pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/earth-will-get-a-second-mini-moon-for-2-months-this-year/291746 "2024-09-20T13:47:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![TheJoker](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/thejoker/32/22660_2.png) [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2024, 1:47pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/earth-will-get-a-second-mini-moon-for-2-months-this-year/291746/1 "2024-09-20T13:47:20Z")

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**Summary:**

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1. Temporary Visitor  
A small asteroid, designated 2024 PT5, will temporarily become a mini-moon, orbiting Earth from September 29 to November 25, 2024.

2. Discovery and Tracking  
Researchers from the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System spotted 2024 PT5 in South Africa and tracked its orbit for 21 days to determine its path.

3. Future Return  
This mini-moon will return to Earth’s orbit in 2055, but it will be too small to see with amateur telescopes.

**Read more at:** [CBS News](https://www.cbsnews.com)

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**Author:** ![Bruce\_Gordon](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/bruce_gordon/32/27563_2.png) [@Bruce\_Gordon](https://onehack.st/u/Bruce_Gordon)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2024, 4:52pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/earth-will-get-a-second-mini-moon-for-2-months-this-year/291746/2 "2024-09-20T16:52:36Z")

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I live in South Africa. will check to see if Stellarium has this information updated so i can possibly spot it from my home