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Earth's mini moon could be a chunk of the big moon, scientists say

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Asteroid 2024 PT5 has flown partially around Earth since Sept. 29 and will leave on Nov. 25 .

Astronomers say it may have emerged from craters formed during the past 1 million years or so .

Asteroids are influenced by Earth 's gravity in this way fairly often, the vast majority fly by without completing a full trip.

At that point, the object will be very distant — about five times farther than the moon, roughly 239,000 miles away — before continuing on its trajectory around the sun. Topics NASA .