Earth is about to gain a new 'mini moon' | BBC Global

An asteroid called 2024 PT5 will go around the Earth for two months this autumn.

Why is it called a 'mini moon' and can you see it?



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[westvirginiaglutenfreepepp]

😂 why that title, just to contradict it in the video?

[toptohyekoms]

16 hrs before impact: were sorry we just made a serious miscalculation.

[gkcjakie]

Another Alien visitor for short period of time.

[ErickRamirez-gt]

Not a permanent satellite of earth so not a moon

[Capt.Pikles]

"earth is getting a 'mini moon'"
"Well, actually..."

[cantbants]

The earth has perturbed an asteroid’s direction of travel. That is the whole story.

[philadams]

1:21 - but i thought the moon was slowly getting further away from us? Like 1m per year or something?

[Jagermonster]

We need samples of that Aateroid so that we can figure out which Constellation it came from and what minerals it has… it may have minerals that are not found in this galaxy

[dalesnider]

It appears to be an asteroid, maybe even "Apophis".

[orpheus]

I wonder if there will be an institution who will risk making it a vessel for their billion dollar equipment and I hope the move will not result to a disaster.

[Emilys-qmew]

Shouldn't be called a moon as it can't be seen by naked eye need a good telescope.

[adityasah]

If it's not visible with our naked eyes then why the hell you people call it a mini moon.

[yatishd]

Why not it's Aliens satellite😢 sent by them to study Earth

[rotwiler]

Is just 32 feet at longest point, you will not be able to look in sky and see it. Imagine trying to see a bus up in sky so far away.

[KomodoSoup]

I hope nobody think of it as a nuclear missile target 😂

[litshetflush]

I thought we could see things coming a year before it comes

[gamingmovies-ay]

that mini moon can collide with earth,

[UOjha-ks]

Mini mono? It's not even Nano moon!

[PhantomObserver]

But imagine Sandi Toksvig taping QI and asking “How many moons does the earth have?” for the umpteenth time

[So_Burn]

mini moon in UFO you dogs moon saving money for 2 month ... 😂🤣