Earth’s mini moon: Asteroid 2024 PT5 in orbit
An asteroid, named 2024 PT5, will do a 56-day horseshoe shaped fly-by near Earth before it continues on its journey.
Earlier Wednesday, the annular “ring of fire” solar eclipse darkened skies in various parts of the world.
The annular (or ring-shaped) solar eclipse was the most observable from South America, though residents of at least one U.S. state got the chance to catch a glimpse.
Occurring when the moon is at its farthest position from the sun, an annular eclipse does not produce a complete blackout and instead creates and ring light effect, hence the “ring of fire.”
Only residents of Hawaii got the chance to see this phenomenon in the U.S. Only 175,000 people lived in the path of annularity this time around, with an estimated 245 million people living in the partial sight-line.
Pictures from South America show the beautiful phenomenon of darkening skies.
‘Ring of fire’ solar eclipse: See photosWhere was the solar eclipse visible?
Southern parts of Argentina and Chile sew the annular eclipse in its full glory. In the U.S., Hawaii was the only state expected to have a partial view of the Oct. 2 eclipse.
According to NASA, other territories and countries that were expected to see at least a partial eclipse included:
American SamoaAntarcticaArgentinaBaker Island, U.S. Minor Outlying IslandsBrazilChileChristmas IslandClipperton IslandCook IslandsFalkland IslandsFijiFrench PolynesiaHawaii, USAMexicoNew ZealandNiuePalmyra Atoll, U.S. Minor Outlying IslandsParaguayPitcairn IslandsSamoaSouth Georgia and South Sandwich IslandsTokelauTongaTuvaluUruguayWallis and Futuna
Contributing: Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY
Fernando Cervantes Jr. is a trending news reporter for USA TODAY. Reach him at [email protected] and follow him on X @fern_cerv_.
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