On the Lunar Origin of Near-Earth Asteroid 2024 PT5
Theodore Kareta et al 2025 ApJL 979 L8 Spectroscopy reveals that the makeup of Earth’s “mini-Moon” asteroid is similar to that of the Moon rather than other asteroids, likely making this the second…
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