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The 'Second Moon' Will Soon Start Moving Away From Earth
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 2024-11-26 |
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