2025年1月27日 · A small space rock that lingered near Earth last year and was referred to as its temporary “mini-moon” may actually be a chunk of the moon that chipped off thousands of years ago.

1 天前 · Related article Earth’s recent ‘mini-moon’ may be an actual piece of the moon, astronomers say. The South Pole–Aitken basin is estimated to be about 4.3 billion years old, but only rock ...

2025年1月23日 · Earth’s Mini-Moon Was Probably a Piece of Its Real Moon. Scientists think a small rock discovered near Earth last August was hurled into space by an ancient impact on the lunar surface.

2025年1月28日 · A chunk of space rock that visited near Earth's orbit last year was widely referred to as a "mini-moon." Turns out the lunar-inspired moniker may have been more accurate than we realized. The ...

1 天前 · Kenneth Chang recently reported on new views within some of the moon’s darkest craters. Feb. 4, 2025 Two canyons near the south pole of the moon rival the Grand Canyon, both in depth and length.

2025年1月27日 · However, this almost-mini-moon is still special as it is potentially a piece of the real moon, said Dr. Teddy Kareta, a postdoctoral associate at Lowell Observatory in Arizona. Kareta is...

2025年1月24日 · Since it wasn’t made from the same material as asteroids, the planetary scientists wanted to rule out that the mini-moon was a piece of space junk in an Earth-like orbit (In 2020, Earth had ...

2025年1月24日 · Earth's temporary asteroid friend last year was a chunk of its real moon that had been blasted into space thousands of years ago, scientists find.

2024年12月17日 · An asteroid orbiting near our planet that temporarily became our second moon seems to have come from the actual moon, hinting that a hidden population of lunar rocks is drifting in space. A...

2021年11月22日 · New observations reveal the quasisatellite of Earth could be wreckage of a lunar impact. A space rock named Kamoʻoalewa (illustrated drifting above the moon, with Earth in the background) may be...