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The object was then provisionally designated 2021 PH 27 by the Minor Planet Center and announced on 21 August 2021. [1] Even in April 2021, the asteroid was never more than 45 degrees from the Sun. [11] Precovery observations of 2021 PH 27 were found in archival Dark Energy Survey images from 16 July 2017. These observations were published by ...
On August 13, 2021, an asteroid, 2021 PH 27, was discovered with a perihelion well within the orbit of Mercury. At its minimum distance to the Sun of 0.1331 AU, it comes more than twice as close to the Sun as Mercury's perihelion at 0.307499 AU.
The asteroid only measured 27-inches wide, but blazed a dramatic trail in the night sky above Siberia early Tuesday. X/volcaholic1. In 2016, the United Nations enshrined the celestial happening ...
Notable discoveries from this survey include the Atira asteroids 2021 LJ 4 and 2021 PH 27, the latter of which holds the record for the shortest orbital period of any known asteroid as of 2022. [ 4 ] Orbit and classification
The chances of asteroid 2024 YR4’s odds of colliding with Earth in 2032 have dropped to nearly zero, thanks to new observations of the space rock. ... shows asteroid 2024 YR4 on December 27 ...
Asteroid 2024 YR4 was discovered on Dec. 27 by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) telescope in Río Hurtado, Chile. Since its discovery, ...
2021 PH 27, an Atira asteroid with an intra-Mercurian perihelion, the smallest semi-major axis and the shortest orbital period of all asteroids (434326) 2004 JG 6, an Atira asteroid with an intra-Mercurian perihelion; 2010 XB 11, an Atira asteroid with an intra-Mercurian perihelion
The University of Hawaii's asteroid impact alert system captured the motion of asteroid 2024 YR4 over the course of one hour on December 27. - ATLAS/University of Hawaii/NASA/AP