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The asteroid has an orbital period of about 3.99 years and an orbital inclination of 3.41 degrees with respect to Earth's orbit . [3] Astronomers Carlos and Raúl de la Fuente Marcos have proposed that 2024 YR 4 could be related to a group of near-Earth asteroids on similar orbits, including the 2015 Porangaba meteor whose orbit has a 5% ...
The object orbits the Sun but makes slow close approaches to the Earth–Moon system. Between 29 September (19:54 UTC) and 25 November 2024 (16:43 UTC) (a period of 1 month and 27 days) [4] it passed just outside Earth's Hill sphere (roughly 0.01 AU [1.5 million km; 0.93 million mi]) at a low relative velocity (in the range 0.002 km/s (4.5 mph) – 0.439 km/s [980 mph]) and became temporarily ...
Earth is bidding farewell to a tiny asteroid that joined its orbit for nearly two months. The asteroid, known as 2024 PT5, is set to be drawn away from Earth by the powerful pull of the sun on Monday.
The yellow dots show the position uncertainty of asteroid 2024 YR4 when it encounters Earth in 2032, based on observations up to January 31, 2025.
The tiny asteroid, which researchers named "2024 PT5," will temporarily orbit Earth before returning to an asteroid belt and continue revolving around the sun. It will resume its heliocentric ...
Asteroid close approaches to Earth in 2024 include: Asteroid Perigee Date in 2024 2009 JV 1: 0.0571 AU (19.21 LD) January 5 2021 BL 3: 0.0441 AU (17.16 LD) January 23 [1]
The location of 2024 YR4 qualifies it not just as any asteroid, but a near-Earth object (NEO). NEOs are defined as asteroids that hug the inner solar system, where we live, coming within 1.3 ...
The Earth will gain a second, mini-moon on Sept. 29, but it won't stick around too long, USA TODAY reports. The asteroid 2024 PT5 is expected to escape Earth's orbit on Nov. 25 and be pulled ...