The unusually short orbit of 2021 PH27 (no annotations)
The fastest 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: | noirlab2123h |
| Type: | Artwork |
| Release date: | Aug. 23, 2021, 8 a.m. |
| Related releases: | noirlab2123 |
| Size: | 5090 x 2850 px |
About the Object
| Category: | Illustrations |
