Earth will soon welcome a tiny 'mini-moon' — but for a limited time only

A visitor will be in our neighbourhood this weekend — an asteroid that will temporarily become a second moon orbiting the Earth. About 11 metres in diameter, the “mini moon” will not be visible through amateur telescopes but much larger telescopes will track it until late November when Earth loses its temporary partner until the next “mini-moon” comes by.

The space rock, an asteroid by the name of 2024 PT5, will show up to do a partial orbit around Earth by the end of this month, before slipping back into space.

Global's Eric Sorensen has more on how long it's here for, and where it's headed.

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