Record-Setting Asteroid Found in Pre-Survey Data from Vera Rubin Observatory

Jan 9, 2026 - 09:45
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Record-Setting Asteroid Found in Pre-Survey Data from Vera Rubin Observatory
An artist’s impression of the asteroid 2025 MN45. Image credit: NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory / NOIRLab / SLAC / AURA / P. Marenfeld.

Astronomers have detected an extraordinary asteroid, named 2025 MN45, in early data from the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) Camera -- the largest digital camera in the world -- at the NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory.

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