🧵 Asteroid PTS Mini moon for 2 months?
Anonymous at Tue, 17 Sep 2024 03:01:25 UTC No. 16384116
https://www.livescience.com/space/a
Hello /sci/ im curious. Can this actually happen in the real world? An asteroid that just orbits our planet for 2 months? This seems like something out of a video game but i dont know you tell me if its possible.
Anonymous at Wed, 18 Sep 2024 19:55:54 UTC No. 16386543
>>16384116
>Can this actually happen in the real world?
As the article mentions, it has happened in the past. And this new one is clearly not gravitationally bound as it will escape.
Anonymous at Wed, 18 Sep 2024 20:00:56 UTC No. 16386553
>Yet despite this 57-day close flyby of our planet, the asteroid will be hard to spot as it's just 33 feet (10 meters) wide.
Most media reports leave this part out and claim you're going to see a second smaller Moon in the sky.
Anonymous at Wed, 18 Sep 2024 20:04:24 UTC No. 16386562