mini-moon

plural mini-moons

1. alternativeAlternative form of minimoon.

   The pair will then enjoy a "mini-moon" ahead of Dermot starting his live X Factor shows.

   2012 September 9, Dean Piper, “On the grapevine”, in Sunday Mirror, UK

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   I fell pregnant last November shortly after marrying my husband. We decided to take a "mini-moon" down South, and headed off to Navan and Dublin for a few days.

   2011 April 5, “It was so very cold on our mini-moon'”, in Belfast Telegraph

   Over the weekend the Duke and Duchess have been enjoying a ‘mini-moon’ at a mystery location in the UK. They flew in the Queen’s helicopter from Buckingham Palace on Saturday for a two-night break.

   2011 May 2, Rebecca English, “William to whisk Kate on £4,000-a-night tropical honeymoon... but 'couple face ten weeks APART as he is sent to serve in the Falklands'”, in Daily Mail

   Here, we show that the recently discovered small body 2024 PT₅ follows a horseshoe path and it will become a mini-moon in 2024, from September 29 until November 25.

   2024 September, Carlos de la Fuente Marcos, Raúl de la Fuente Marcos, “A Two-month Mini-moon: 2024 PT₅ Captured by Earth from September to November”, in Research Notes of the AAS, American Astronomical Society, →DOI