Study finds that Earth's small asteroid visitor is likely a chunk of moon rock
A near-Earth object was likely ejected into space after an impact thousands of years ago. Now it could contribute new insights to asteroid and lunar science.
A piece of the moon? Small asteroid may be a lunar rock ejected by impact
The sun’s light exerts a tiny force called “solar radiation pressure” on objects in space. Lightweight human-made debris, like hollow rocket parts, gets pushed around more easily, like a tin can in the wind. Natural objects like asteroids are much denser and less affected.
Chunk of Moon Rock? NASA Tracks Asteroid 2024 PT5 During Close Earth Flyby
NASA’s Goldstone Solar System Radar is closely tracking asteroid 2024 PT5 during its nearest approach to Earth, a distance still five times farther than the Moon. First spotted in August 2024 by the University of Hawaiʻi’s ATLAS telescope,
Earth's recent asteroid visitor might've been a piece of the moon
Earth's temporary asteroid friend last year was a chunk of its real moon that had been blasted into space thousands of years ago, scientists find.
Earth’s Mini-Moon Was Probably a Piece of Its Real Moon
Scientists think a small rock discovered near Earth last August was hurled into space by an ancient impact on the lunar surface.
NASA: Near-Earth Asteroid Likely Came from the Moon
Last year, astronomers on the hunt for potentially dangerous near-Earth asteroids spotted something unusual. A space rock, now dubbed 2024 PT5 made several close passes by Earth, not quite orbiting our planet,
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Ireland's lost Apollo 11 moon rock traced from basement to fire in documents
"This piece of moon rock had lain in the basement of this department ... which unlike the Apollo 11 display exhibited a 0.04-ounce (1.142-gram) stone that had been cut from a single rock and ...
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Scotland's Ancient Stone Circles Mark Our Deep Connection to the Moon
The recumbent rocks are usually found on the south or southwest arc of the circle—where the summer Moon is prominent in the sky. Some of the boulders in these stone circles contain red jasper ...
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Moon rock donated by Nasa to Ireland lay in basement three years before being destroyed in fire
“As the Moon rock was given [directly] to the president ... “It’s a nondescript, pretty-much-worthless stone,” Frank Beunk, a geologist involved in the investigation, said in 2009.