%0 Journal Article
%A Fuente Marcos, Carlos de la
%A De La Fuente Marcos, Raúl
%T A Two-month Mini-moon: 2024 PT 5 Captured by Earth from September to November
%D 2024
%@ 2515-5172
%U https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/109784
%X Near-Earth objects (NEOs) that follow horseshoe paths, and approach our planet at close range and low relative velocity, may undergo mini-moon events in which their geocentric energy becomes negative for hours, days or months, but without completing one revolution around Earth while bound. An example of NEO experiencing such a temporarily captured flyby is 2022 NX1, which was a short-lived mini-moon in 1981 and 2022. Here, we show that the recently discovered small body 2024 PT5 follows a horseshoe path and it will become a mini-moon in 2024, from September 29 until November 25.
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