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voidxMA to FuturologyEnglish · 9 months ago

Earth to have new mini-moon for two months

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Earth to have new mini-moon for two months

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A pair of asteroid dynamics researchers from Universidad Complutense de Madrid Ciudad Universitaria have found that a small asteroid will make one orbit around the Earth starting this month before departing back into other parts of the solar system.
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    Is it going to be visible to the naked eye?

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      I’m no expert but with a size of 10m, I don’t think so :/

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        That’s smaller than Hubble.

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          It’s not the size of your mirror that matters …. Oh I guess it is

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          damn I didn’t realise Hubble was that big

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      Quoting from another article:

      The researchers said, unfortunately, it would be too dim to see with the naked eye. According to the NASA JPL, 2024 PT5 has an absolute magnitude of 27.6, which is very dim and won’t be visible through most amateur telescopes.

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    That’s no moon.

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