Will Asteroid 2024 Pt5 Orbit Earth. The newly discovered asteroid, named 2024 pt5, will temporarily be captured by earth’s gravity and orbit our world from september 29 to november 25, according to. Despite the telescope’s bleak name, the moonlet pt 5 will not actually impact earth — and won’t even orbit earth entirely.

Because it has a similar orbit as our planet, the asteroid will linger as a distant. After its brief stay around earth, the asteroid 2024 pt5 will continue to orbit the sun as part of the arjuna family of asteroids.