Earth will be hosting a new guest this fall.
No, it's not an alien. It's an asteroid.
The space rock, which has been named “2024 PT5,” has been traveling along its normal path around the sun, but will be temporarily pulled into Earth's gravitational orbit later this month.
The object, which is around 33 feet long, was first spotted by researchers in South Africa, who wrote about it in the journal Research Notes of the American Astronomical Society this month.
Some scientists have described 2024 PT5 as a “mini-moon.”
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