Asteroid ‘2024 PT5’, discovered by ATLAS in August, flew past Earth on September 29 and will orbit it for 57 days. This mini-moon, part of the Arjuna asteroid group, is closely monitored by ISRO’s NETRA. It will leave Earth’s orbit on November 25 and is expected to return in 2055.
Earth gets a ‘mini moon’ for 2 months and it has a Mahabharata connection
