Asteroid 2024 PT5: Moon Fragment Near Earth

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Moon piece floating in space? Scientists track mysterious 33-foot asteroid 2024 PT5 near Earth's orbit.

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Smoking gun emerges as space rock shows identical mineral makeup to lunar samples.

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Hawaii's ATLAS telescope network spots this wandering Moon chunk matching Earth's solar journey.

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Sunlight bouncing off 2024 PT5 matches Apollo mission rocks perfectly under advanced telescope analysis.

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Powerful ancient impact sent this lunar piece flying thousands of years ago, leaving it drifting in space.

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Dense rock barely moves under sunlight push, ruling out possibility of space debris or rocket parts.

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Second confirmed Moon fragment found after 2016's 469219 Kamoʻoalewa opens new research possibilities.

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Each discovered Moon piece reveals fresh details about lunar surface impacts and composition changes.

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Though harmless to Earth, 2024 PT5 carries crucial secrets about Moon's violent history.

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