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Earth's recent asteroid visitor might've been a piece of the moon

2024 PT5 is the second near-Earth asteroid scientists suspect was ejected from the moon's surface, the first being 469219 Kamo'oalewa, which a different team of scientists have traced to an old impact crater on the far side of the moon.

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Earth’s Mini-Moon Was Probably a Piece of Its Real Moon

Scientists think a small rock discovered near Earth last August was hurled into space by an ancient impact on the lunar surface.

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Study finds that Earth's small asteroid visitor is likely a chunk of moon rock

A near-Earth object was likely ejected into space after an impact thousands of years ago. Now it could contribute new insights to asteroid and lunar science.

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NASA: Near-Earth Asteroid Likely Came from the Moon

Last year, astronomers on the hunt for potentially dangerous near-Earth asteroids spotted something unusual. A space rock, now dubbed 2024 PT5 made several close passes by Earth, not quite orbiting our planet,

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It’s Not Sci-Fi: Americans Support Asteroid Defense Spending

In the United States, funding for planetary defense has long had strong bipartisan support both inside and outside of ...

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Empire State Building-sized asteroid approaching Earth: NASA is tracking it

A big asteroid, the size of the Empire State Building, called 2024 WY70 is on a collision course with Earth this weekend.

Space object or sports car? How a Tesla Roadster was briefly mistaken for an asteroid

What an amateur astronomer recently took to be a newly-discovered asteroid turned out to be a Tesla Roadster voyaging through ...

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NASA Tracking Washington Monument-Sized Asteroid Nearing Earth

The asteroid, named 2022 CE2, is estimated by NASA 's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to be about 370 feet across, with JPL's ...

Plane-Sized Asteroid Races Toward Earth At 22,000 Km Per Hour; How Close Will It Get?

This asteroid, which measures between 65 to 147 feet in diameter, will zoom past our planet at a distance of 18 lakh kilometres. Moving at a brisk pace of 22,400 kilometres per hour, its closest ...

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A lost asteroid could hit Earth this year, but the chances are small

A “lost asteroid” that hasn’t been seen since it was first discovered in 2007 has some scientists worried about the potential of an Earth-bound collision this year, reports indicate.

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Watch the skies as huge asteroid approaching Earth visible this week

Asteroid 887 Alinda has been classed as a Near Earth Asteroid and will be visible with the naked eye from this weekend ...

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Asteroid so big 'you can see it with binoculars' to skim past Earth

The space rock - named (887) Alinda - is so large it should be viewable with ordinary binoculars. With an estimated diameter of 4.2 km, the asteroid's January appearance sees it coming within a ...

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Asteroid larger than Manhattan to fly by Earth

While it is classified as a "Near Earth Asteroid" due to its proximity to our orbit, Alinda is not on a collision course with our planet. According to the space-watching website Virtual ...

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