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Earth to have new mini-moon for two months (phys.org)

submitted 2 months ago by voidx to c/futurology

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[–] Cadeillac@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Is it going to be visible to the naked eye?

[–] Hala@lemmy.world 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

That’s smaller than Hubble.

[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago

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

[–] Marin_Rider@aussie.zone 2 points 2 months ago

damn I didn't realise Hubble was that big

[–] voidx 9 points 2 months ago

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.