Newfound asteroid's speedy orbit (IMAGE)

Carnegie Institution for Science

Newfound asteroid's speedy orbit

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An illustration of 2021 PH27’s orbit, by Katherine Cain and Scott Sheppard, courtesy of the Carnegie Institution for Science. It is the fastest orbiting known asteroid.

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Katherine Cain and Scott Sheppard, courtesy of the Carnegie Institution for Science.

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