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Record-breaking asteroid spins so fast it should tear itself apart
With data collected months before its main survey is due to begin, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory is already upending what we ...
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Vera C. Rubin Observatory discovers enormous, record-breaking asteroid in first 7 nights of observations
In its preliminary data release, taken from just seven nights of observations, the powerful Vera C. Rubin Observatory has ...
An artist’s illustration depicts 2025 MN45—the fastest-rotating asteroid with a diameter over 500 meters that scientists have ...
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Fastest-spinning large asteroid found, rotating every 1.88 minutes without breaking apart - scientists say 'it shouldn't exist'
SANTIAGO, Chile, January 9 - Astronomers have identified the fastest-spinning large asteroid ever observed, a finding that ...
But Rubin’s early data is confounding. Among the newly discovered asteroids, researchers identified 76 with reliable spin ...
Astronomers say the Vera C. Rubin Observatory has detected an asteroid that spins faster than other space rocks of its size.
A new study has revealed a large, 700-meter-class asteroid that completes a full rotation in less than two minutes. This is ...
Way out there in the asteroid belt is an object that's spinning so fast, scientists are surprised it hasn't flown apart.
Scientists have discovered the fastest-spinning asteroid sized over 0.3 miles in diameter, which is rotating about once every ...
Between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter lies a ring-shaped region called the asteroid belt, home to the vast majority of our solar system’s space rocks. The asteroid belt is as old as the solar system ...
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