Earth will get a "mini moon"

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Overall the title of this article is misleading, to say that we will receive a second smaller moon and to not specify its visibility or characteristics shows encouragement from the news source for the potential reader to click on the article. Although the information is true of an asteroid getting caught in Earth's gravitational pull with a credible source to back it up, the information of its 10-meter diameter compared to the moon's 2,159-mile diameter is withheld from the reader. While it happens fairly commonly that Earth obtains a new moon this will not change the view of the night sky as we know it. Many other big news sources have also covered this event. 

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Its what scientist think like gravity if it stays in earths gravity it could but it would be a stretch saying it will. Only scientist will know depend on their expirements on that fact

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It was actually really refreshing that you dissected the article and gave a substantial claim unlike many of the other ones on this platform. I think it's a bit interesting they'd even consider it a "moon" if it's only staying for a brief period of time and is so small.

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It appears that this mini moon has existed before, but this is the second time the mini moon has come back. They say you have to have professional tools to see the mini moon. They say "the tiny asteroid 2024 PT5, which usually orbits the sun as part of a small asteroid belt that follows Earth".

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Thanks for contributing to the thread. It would be great if you clarified who "they" refers to, or included a link to another source to strengthen your factcheck.

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This is a pretty good fact check. You give some evidence that this claim is true but not entirely new news either. I would add the sources you found which gave you the information to make this fact check. You give a quote but just say "they" and don't say who actually said it or what source the quote was from. Just add the link to the source next time and this would be a good fact check.

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It is interesting that this has happened before, but are there any records of it? Also who is the “they” that you refer to? It is good to know that this is something that in fact has happened before but it is important that we know where the information is coming from.