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

submitted 4 months ago by voidx to c/futurology

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[–] Cadeillac@lemmy.world 17 points 4 months ago (5 children)

Is it going to be visible to the naked eye?

[–] voidx 9 points 4 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.

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