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2024 Pt5 Path. The newly discovered asteroid, named 2024 pt5, will temporarily be captured by earth’s gravity and orbit our world from september 29 to november 25, according to astronomers. Despite the telescope’s bleak name, the moonlet pt 5 will not actually impact earth — and won’t even orbit earth entirely.

Earth is set to gain another moon by the end of the month — a small asteroid that will be snared by our planet’s gravity until the end of the year, scientists say. This neo is around 10 m (33 feet) across and follows a path that resembles that of 2022 nx1.