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  • 26 September 2024 at 9:23 am #625357
    Bill Barton
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    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3dvxgrmk95o

    30 September 2024 at 7:58 pm #625396
    Alex Pratt
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    2024 PT5 was mag 17 when discovered in southern skies and is currently mag 22 at high northerly declination, but next January it will reach mag 18, within reach of more amateur imagers (if the MPC and NASA Horizons ephemerides fully include the perturbations from its flyby).

    Alex.

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    30 September 2024 at 9:48 pm #625399
    Lars Lindhard
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    It is hardly a moon just because it takes a trip around the Earth before continuing into the solar system.

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