Earth Has a 2nd Moon?! Meet PT5

Did you know that Earth has a temporary second moon? PT5 is a 33-foot wide rock that normally orbits the Sun. But it’s close enough to Earth that our gravity has pulled it into a partial path around our planet, where it will remain for about 2 months before returning to orbiting the Sun. Because it’s so small, PT5 will not be visible to the naked eye, but it can be seen with a good telescope!

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[rayw]

Since this will not be captured by Earth's gravity it is not a moon, it's just a asteroid passing by.

[Eshan-oo]

Nov 25 is my brother's birthday 🎂🎇

[danielkidder]

Your shirt is space colored, apparently

[damianbeard]

It’s not a moon stop with the Clickbait please😢

[ilk]

Will there be another round of Auroras?

[Jeffafa]

Stop calling it new moon bc it's not a moon.

[Williamebenezer]

We saw an amazing cloud and pics were clicked. As good as northern lights. Next day the local news spoke about this.

[pratikshengale]

I can't see it with naked eyes 😢 and blaming videos for this