Earth Will Have a Temporary ‘Mini Moon’ for 2 Months

Earth Will Have a Temporary ‘Mini Moon’ for 2 Months
A supermoon with a partial lunar eclipse rises over Lake Michigan in Chicago on Sept. 17, 2024. Kiichiro Sato/AP Photo
The Associated Press
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WASHINGTON—Earth’s moon will soon have some company—a “mini moon.”

The mini moon is actually an asteroid about the size of a school bus at 33 feet. When it whizzes by Earth on Sunday, it will get pulled into a temporary orbit of the planet, for about two months.