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Earth Is Temporarily Getting a 2nd Moon
Earth will get a 'mini second moon' this month — but only for a few weeks
The Earth will gain a second moon this month when a tiny asteroid comes into orbit — but only briefly. The 2024 PT5 is set to come into the passage later in September, according to space.com, and will leave after two months to rejoin an asteroid belt that passes around the sun .
Earth may be gaining a temporary moon
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Earth Is Temporarily Getting a Second ‘Moon’
Sadly, at just about 10 meters, the mini-moon will be extremely hard to see from Earth, but its presence will be there nonetheless for almost two months. The asteroid, which was discovered on Aug. 7 by NASA, originated from the Arjuna asteroid belt, where it will likely return once it leaves Earth’s orbit.
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Earth May Have Had ‘Rings Of Fire’ That Caused Chaos, Scientists Say
Evidence suggests Earth had a ring system 466 million years ago, causing a surge in meteorite impacts and possibly ...
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Earth May Have Had a Ring Like Saturn Once
“Over millions of years, material from this ring gradually fell to Earth, creating the spike in meteorite impacts observed in ...
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Earth may have had a ring system 466 million years ago
In a discovery that challenges our understanding of Earth's ancient history, researchers have found evidence suggesting that ...
Newsweek
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Earth May Have Had Rings Like Saturn 466 Million Years Ago
Back when the
Earth
was crawling with trilobites and other strange shelled creatures, our planet
may
have had a ring just like Saturn's. This ancient ring system is thought to have formed about ...
CNET on MSN
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Earth May Have Once Had a Saturn-Like Ring, New Study Says
The new study asserts that Earth's ring formed around 466 million years ago, and stuck around for around 40 million years ...
The Economist
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Earth may once have had a planetary ring
C ould Earth once have had a planetary ring like the ones around Saturn? Scientists from Monash University in Australia think ...
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Earth may have once had rings like Saturn
Earth may have had rings. At least that's what a new study published this month claims. Here's what we know so far.
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Earth may once have had a ring like Saturn
A ring of asteroid debris could have orbited Earth for tens of millions of years, and perhaps even have altered the planet's ...
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Hidden craters reveal Earth may once have had a ring—like Saturn
The rings of Saturn are among the most famous and spectacular features in the solar system. Earth may once have had something ...
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