{"id":266922,"date":"2024-12-17T20:39:21","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T20:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/17\/earth-had-a-temporary-mini-moon-that-was-a-chunk-of-the-real-moon\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:10:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:10:00","slug":"earth-had-a-temporary-mini-moon-that-was-a-chunk-of-the-real-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/17\/earth-had-a-temporary-mini-moon-that-was-a-chunk-of-the-real-moon\/","title":{"rendered":"Earth had a temporary mini-moon that was a chunk of the real moon"},"content":{"rendered":"

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There may be more moon-born asteroids near Earth than we thought<\/p>\n

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A huge rock orbiting near Earth appears to have originated from the moon, the second such object known to exist, with maybe more than a dozen awaiting discovery.<\/p>\n

The asteroid, called 2024 PT5, is about 10 metres wide. Spotted in August, it was later snared by Earth\u2019s gravitational pull, becoming a second moon<\/a> of our planet, referred to as a mini-moon, between September and November.<\/p>\n

Re-examining the asteroid, Teddy Kareta<\/a> at Lowell Observatory\u2026<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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