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Asteroid's Mini-Moon Collision

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Earth’s asteroid mini-moon a chunk of the moon?

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Asteroid 2024 PT5 was a mini-moon of Earth from September 29 until November 25, 2024 .

Asteroid 's close approach to our planet at a relatively low velocity allowed Earth ’s gravity to temporarily alter its path.

The sun, however, eventually pulled it back into a heliocentric orbit around the barycenter of the solar system.

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