Earth to temporarily capture a 'mini-moon' - See an orbit animation

Earth will capture asteroid 2024 PT5 on September 29, 2024 and hold on to it til November according to Universidad Complutense de Madrid professor Carlos de la Fuente Marcos. [Full Story](https://www.space.com/earth-will-capture-second-moon-sept-2024) See an orbit animation of the estimated 37 foot wide space rock from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Credit: Space.com | NASA/JPL-Caltech | edited by [Steve Spaleta](https://x.com/stevespaleta)