As of yesterday afternoon, Earth has two natural moons!

Kinda! And not for long!

https://badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/earth-has-a-second-moon-sorta

Earth has a second moon! Sorta!

The asteroid 2024 PT5 will orbit Earth for about two months before unmooning us

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@badastro Astronomers are excited. Astrologists even more so.

@Szescstopni @badastro Asteroid astrology is unfortunately* a thing.

via @sundogplanets : https://mastodon.social/@sundogplanets/113221713420480880

*Unfortunately for my spam folder.

@michael_w_busch @badastro @sundogplanets Yes, I am aware of this. Scam is all around. I wonder how much medieval and renaissance astronomy was funded by donors who expected to find out about their fate :)