‘Minimoons’: Rocks Circling Near Earth Could Be A Chunk Of The Moon
[ad_1] A whole population of ‘minimoons’ – tiny natural satellites – may be quietly circling near Earth, scientists now believe, after discovering a second Moon-origin rock drifting close to our planet. The newly observed object, named 2024 PT5, was spotted near Earth last August and is thought to be a lunar fragment, possibly blasted off…