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A penumbral lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit on Monday, November 30, 2020, [1] with an umbral magnitude of −0.2602. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow, causing the Moon to be darkened. A penumbral lunar eclipse occurs when part or all of the Moon's near side passes into the Earth's ...
A New Mini-Moon Was Found Orbiting Earth. There Will Be More. by Rebecca Boyle, The New York Times, 27 Feb 2020; Gemini Telescope Images "Minimoon" Orbiting Earth — in Color! Archived 10 August 2020 at the Wayback Machine, OIR Laboratory press release, 27 Feb 2020; Looks like Earth has a new natural moon by Deborah Byrd, EarthSky, 26 Feb 2020
next new moon June 21, 2020: solar (new) middle: Solar saros 137 (36 of 70) next full moon July 5, 2020: lunar (full) end: Lunar saros 149 (3 of 71) next eclipse season ... no eclipses for about 5 months... November 30, 2020: lunar (full) beginning: Lunar saros 116 (58 of 73) next new moon December 14, 2020: solar (new) end: Solar saros 142 (23 ...
The new "mini-moon" will be asteroid 2024 PT5, a space rock discovered earlier this year. ... Another asteroid, known as 2020 CD3, was a mini-moon for several years before escaping Earth's ...
A new study suggests that the moon may be older than many scientists thought. ... A 2020 study found that the gas giant’s gravity may stretch and squeeze some of its icy moons enough to heat ...
A penumbral lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit on Friday, January 10, 2020, [1] with an umbral magnitude of −0.1146. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow, causing the Moon to be darkened. A penumbral lunar eclipse occurs when part or all of the Moon's near side passes into the Earth's ...
The Ascender launched from the lunar surface at 15:11 UTC, on 3 December 2020, followed by automatic lunar orbit rendezvous and docking with the Orbiter. After transferring the sample, the Ascender separated from the Orbiter, deorbited, and fell back down on the Moon at 22:49 UTC, on 6 December 2020, to avoid becoming space debris.
An asteroid called 2020 CD3 was bound to Earth for several years before leaving the planet's orbit in 2020 and another called 2022 NX1 became a mini-moon of Earth in 1981 and 2022 and will return ...