'Mini-moon' will start orbit of Earth later this week

(KXAN) — Earth is picking up a new moon later this week. This mini-moon is about 33 feet across, the size of a small school bus, and will orbit the Earth from Sept. 29 to Nov. 25."We don't know how often (this mini-moon orbits the Earth), because this guy is pretty faint, and then similar ones would be pretty faint," said Anita Cochran, senior research scientist with the University of Texas' McDonald Observatory.The mini-moon, nicknamed 2024 PTS, will orbit the Earth in a horseshoe pattern