Asteroid 2024 PT5's orbit around the Sun (image credit: NASA) Understanding our world and the universe beyond requires a lot of observation to be combined with a lot of knowledge and amazing creativity. Last year, a potentially hazardous object, cataloged as 2024 PT5, was discovered on an Earth-crossing orbit. While it didn’t remain above zero on the Torino Scale for very long, it certainly caught the eye of planetary scientists who were intrigued by its orbit that kept bringing it near Earth on lingering passes. Classified as a quasi-mini-moon, it has an appearance that twins our OG Moon in...