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Earth to have new mini-moon for two months (phys.org)

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Is it going to be visible to the naked eye?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

Quoting from another article:

The researchers said, unfortunately, it would be too dim to see with the naked eye. According to the NASA JPL, 2024 PT5 has an absolute magnitude of 27.6, which is very dim and won’t be visible through most amateur telescopes.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm no expert but with a size of 10m, I don't think so :/

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)

That’s smaller than Hubble.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

damn I didn't realise Hubble was that big

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

It’s not the size of your mirror that matters …. Oh I guess it is