Asteroid 2024 PT5 to Move Away from Earth, Returns for Brief Visit in January

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Washington, D.C.: The asteroid 2024 PT5, which has been orbiting Earth like a second moon for the past two months, will begin moving away from Earth's orbit today due to the Sun's gravitational pull. Despite this, the small space rock will return for a brief visit in January, during which NASA plans to observe it using a radar antenna. Scientists are eager to learn more about the asteroid, which could be a fragment ejected from the Moon after an asteroid impact. NASA has clarified that while 2024 PT5 has been close to Earth's orbit, it has never been fully captured by Earth's gravity.