According to Mehr news agency, citing Space, the Carnegie Science Institute announced that the newly discovered asteroid 2025SC79 has the second fastest orbit among known asteroids in the solar system.
This celestial body is about 700 meters long; Almost as tall as a skyscraper. Scott Shepardthe Carnegie Institute astronomer and the famous discoverer of the small moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, observed this asteroid on September 27; When it was hidden behind the intense glare of the sun.
Although this asteroid will not pass by the Earth in the near future, the discovery of such hidden objects is of vital importance for the protection of our planet. Shepard In a statement he wrote:
“The most dangerous asteroids are those that are difficult to observe. Most research detects asteroids in the night sky because they are easier to find; “But asteroids that are close to the Sun can only be seen during aurora – when the sun rises or sets – and can pose a greater risk of collision.”
Shepard And his colleagues had previously also discovered the fastest asteroid in the solar system named 2021PH27, whose orbit lasts only 113 days; It means less than one Earth year. His research on “Asteroids werewolf» It is supported by NASA funding and from the Dark Energy Camera mounted on the 4-meter Victor telescope M. Blanco It is used in Chile.
The discovery of a new asteroid by the observatory Gemini (Gemini Observatory) is owned by the US National Science Foundation (NSF) in Hawaii and Chile.
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