2024 Pt5 Sizewise. Scientists have discovered a small asteroid, 2024 pt5, which was recently pulled closer to earth's orbit by gravity, sparking interest from nasa for further tracking. Part of nasa’s deep space network, the goldstone solar system radar, near barstow in california, will track the object during its next close pass of our planet, in january.
Starting september 29th, earth will experience a rare astronomical event: The following chart is the predicted light curve (visual magnitude as a function of time) of asteroid (neo) 2024 pt5, according to the most recent ephemerides data.