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Earlier this year, the number of moons orbiting Earth temporarily doubled, admittedly from the low starting point of "one".

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The mini-moon 2024 PT5, which has been orbiting Earth for two months and is likely a chunk of the moon, will now drift away from our planet in an orbit around the sun.