Earth captures new minimoon 2024 PT5 but it's not visible to the naked eye

On September 29, 2024, Earth captured a new minimoon named 2024 PT5. This bus-sized asteroid, measuring 33 feet wide, will orbit Earth for 57 days before returning to its path around the sun. 2024 PT5 is too small to be seen with the naked eye or typical telescopes. It is 300,000 times smaller than Earth's main moon. Only professional astronomers with advanced equipment can study it. The asteroid likely originated from the Arjuna asteroid belt. It is not Earth's first minimoon; previous ones include 2006 RH120 and 2020 CD3, which also orbited Earth temporarily.