Infographic showing the unusually short orbit of 2021 PH27
The fastest orbital period asteroid in the Solar System has been discovered at NOIRLab’s CTIO using the powerful 570-megapixel Dark Energy Camera (DECam) in Chile — the Sun’s new nearest neighbor. The illustration shows the locations of the planets and asteroid on the discovery night of 13 August 2021, as they would be seen from a vantage point above the Solar System (north).
Credit:CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. da Silva (Spaceengine)
About the Image
Id: | noirlab2123c |
Type: | Artwork |
Release date: | Aug. 23, 2021, 8 a.m. |
Related releases: | noirlab2123 |
Size: | 5090 x 2850 px |
About the Object
Name: | 2021 PH27 |
Category: | Illustrations |
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