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Earth had a temporary mini-moon that was a chunk of the real moon
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Jonathan O’Callaghan
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is a freelance science journalist based in London. He specialises in stories on astronomy, astrophysics and space exploration, and was awarded the by the American Geophysical Union in 2021.
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