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Earth to have new mini-moon for two months

Earth to have new mini-moon for two months

https://phys.org/news/2024-09-earth-mini-moon-months.htmlOpen link View original on futurology.today

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Is it going to be visible to the naked eye?

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Hala reply

I'm no expert but with a size of 10m, I don't think so :/

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AeronMelon reply

That’s smaller than Hubble.

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prettybunnys reply

sh.itjust.works

It’s not the size of your mirror that matters …. Oh I guess it is

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Marin_Rider reply

damn I didn't realise Hubble was that big

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voidx reply

futurology.today

Quoting from another article:

The researchers said, unfortunately, it would be too dim to see with the naked eye. According to the NASA JPL, 2024 PT5 has an absolute magnitude of 27.6, which is very dim and won’t be visible through most amateur telescopes.

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lemmy.blahaj.zone

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That's no moon.

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