Astronomy / Space Earth's Second 'Moon' Will Take a Final Lap Before Waving Bye-Bye to Us For Good

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Earth's second moon will make a close approach to the planet next week before drifting off into space, never to be seen again.

"What second moon," you ask? Astronomers call it 2020 SO – a small object that dropped into Earth's orbit about halfway between our planet and the moon in September 2020.

 
I've watched Q.I. , the question of how many 'Moons' does the Earth have has come up several times. The answers have been 2, 5, around 18000 or 0.
 
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