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A Two-month Mini-moon: 2024 PT 5 Captured by Earth from September to November Fuente Marcos, Carlos de la De La Fuente Marcos, Raúl 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. 2024-10-30T13:54:40Z 2024-10-30T13:54:40Z 2024 journal article de la Fuente Marcos, C., & de la Fuente Marcos, R. A Two-month Mini-moon: 2024 PT5 Captured by Earth from September to November. Research Notes of the AAS. 2024: 8(9): 224. 2515-5172 10.3847/2515-5172/ad781f https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/109784 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ open access Attribution 4.0 International IOP