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| The 'Second Moon' Will Soon Start Moving Away From Earth |
| 2024-11-26 |
| Direct Translation via Gogle Translate. Edited. [Regnum] Asteroid 2024 PT5, nicknamed the second Moon because it follows Earth for several months, will soon begin to move away from the planet, and then come closer in 2055. This was reported on November 25 by the British scientific news site Phys. The space object is located at a distance of about 3.5 million km from Earth. Until January, it will continue to approach and will be 1.8 million km away. After that, under the influence of the Sun's gravity, it will begin to move deeper into the Solar System. The "Second Moon" will approach Earth again in 2055, but by then the object's speed will be much higher, and the asteroid will not be nearby for long. It will make a partial revolution around the planet. As reported by IA Regnum, asteroid 2024 PT5 was spotted in Earth's orbit in August. Its diameter is 10-11 m. The object is too small for people to see it with the naked eye from Earth. Scientific Director of the Moscow Planetarium Faina Rubleva emphasized that the asteroid will never be able to become a permanent satellite of our planet. At the same time, the object is currently orbiting the Earth. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #7 "Twikie, what was this era like?" "Bee dee bee dee beep, my gawd, it's full of remakes, Buck." |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2024-11-26 20:52 |
| #6 Asteroid 2024 PT5 will be coming in to pick up data from the UFO swarms. How far away is the Moon? "The average distance between the Earth and the Moon is 384 400 km (238 855 miles)." There is a 'stable' solar orbit [big] with a 'transient' swirl [small] around our earth. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2024-11-26 13:41 |
| #5 From article: "The space object is located at a distance of about 3.5 million km from Earth. Until January, it will continue to approach and will be 1.8 million km away." FWIW, the average distance from the earth to the moon is about 380 million km. |
| Posted by: Lord Garth 2024-11-26 12:47 |
| #4 So every 30 years, once a generation, the observers drop by. It's time to check in and see what the monkeys are up to now. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2024-11-26 12:19 |
| #3 I blame |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2024-11-26 11:06 |
| #2 So every 30 years, once a generation, the observers drop by. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2024-11-26 09:13 |
| #1 So basically a semi truck and trailer in size. |
| Posted by: NN2N2 2024-11-26 08:44 |