Earth’s Mini-Moon Was Probably a Piece of Its Real Moon NYT Par : Becky Ferreira 23 janvier 2025 à 20:54 Scientists think a small rock discovered near Earth last August was hurled into space by an ancient impact on the lunar surface. © NASA/JPL-CaltechAn artist’s concept of an asteroid like the small near-Earth object 2024 PT5, whose orbit around the sun closely matches that of our planet and led to it being called a “mini-moon.”