moons

  • The Earth’s 2nd Moon?

    FAS Astronomers Blog. Volume 32. Number 11. Although, it really didn’t count as an official moon, a small object entered into a temporary orbit about the Earth and was called “the Earth’s second moon.” Asteroid 2024 PT5 was captured by the Earth’s gravity on September 26, 2024. It stayed around for a couple of months…

  • May 2022 FAS Meeting

    Moons, moons, and more moons Forsyth Astronomical Society May Meeting Wednesday, May 11 @ 7:30 pm Kaleideum North (formerly SciWorks) 400 West Hanes Mill Road Winston-Salem, NC https://north.kaleideum.org/visit/directions/ Most of us are familiar with the planets of the Solar System; All eight of them … okay maybe nine. How about moons? We often look up…