Der „Minimond“ der Erde, der möglicherweise ein Teil des tatsächlichen Mondes ist, wird bis 2055 verschwinden | Ein schulbusgroßer Asteroid, bekannt als 2024 PT5 und derzeit 2 m Meilen von der Erde entfernt, wird seine Reise in Richtung Sonne antreten

From the article: A so-called mini-moon of Earth that has been lingering in the heavens since September will begin a journey towards the sun on Monday as it prepares to disappear until 2055.

The school-bus-sized asteroid known as 2024 PT5 might actually be a huge boulder that broke from the moon after another space rock crashed into it centuries ago, astronomers say.

Currently 2m miles from Earth, about nine times farther than the distance to the moon, the asteroid never quite came close enough to be captured by the planet’s gravity.

But its farewell pass will bring it as close as 1.1m miles in January for a final look before the sun’s gravitational pull hauls deeper into space.