<h5>Earth's new mini-moon!</h5><p>The Earth already has a Moon that lights up the night sky. The moon has been its space companion since the formation of our planet and plays a huge role in our world.</p><p>It helps control the ocean tides and has been used by ancient civilisations to track time. Its mystery has attracted us for ages, and scientists continue to study it.</p><p>But imagine if we get another moon. What would it be like? We might soon be getting a new one (no, the old one isn’t getting replaced!). An asteroid named 2024 PT5, which is just 33 feet long and might appear like a mini-moon, is heading towards the Earth.</p><p>Earth’s gravity will capture it for a few days, and it will function as the planet’s second moon before continuing its journey across the vast space.</p><h5>How long will it remain as a mini-moon?</h5><p>Earth's gravity will capture the temporary mini-moon from 29th September 2024 to 25th November 2024. By 25th November, it will break free from the Earth’s orbit and continue its journey across space.</p><p>Scientists are unsure whether the asteroid will complete one revolution around the Earth before leaving. We will have to wait and watch to see what it does once it enters the orbit.</p><p>Also, the small asteroid will not be visible to the naked eye; it will only be visible through special telescopes. Scientists will be tracking it using modern equipment to learn more about it.</p><h5>Have such incidents occurred earlier?</h5><p>Similar incidents have been observed in the past. In 2006, an asteroid orbited Earth for about a year, and another did the same for several years before leaving in 2020. There was another one a few years back named 2022 NX1, which became a temporary mini-moon of the Earth.</p><p>These temporary mini-moons appear frequently as Earth sometimes captures small asteroids that follow paths similar to the Earth's and may temporarily fall under the planet’s gravitational pull. However, they usually don’t stay for long.</p><p>Still, these asteroids offer scientists a research opportunity to learn about space.</p>

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