minimoon (English, noun)
expansion: minimoon (plural minimoons)
Senses:
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A small asteroid captured by the Earth's gravity and temporarily acting as a second moon of Earth.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Synonym of micromoon (“a full moon which appears unusually small due to coinciding with the Moon's apogee”).
tags: uncommon
Forms:
form: minimoons
tags: plural
form: mini-moon
tags: alternative