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Svemirski kamen koji prkosi fizici: Otkriven asteroid veličine nebodera koji se okreće rekordnom brzinom

Naučnici koji analiziraju prve snimke moćne opservatorije Vera C. Rubin otkrili su asteroid sa najbržom rotacijom ikada zabeleženom među objektima njegove veličine.

Svemirski kamen koji prkosi fizici: Otkriven asteroid veličine nebodera koji se okreće rekordnom brzinom

TL;DR

  • Asteroid 2025 MN45, with a diameter of about 710 meters, rotates in 113 seconds, making it the fastest spinning known asteroid of its size.
  • This finding is based on the first data from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory's LSST camera.
  • The rapid rotation suggests the asteroid is composed of extremely strong material, unlike most asteroids in the main belt.
  • The Vera C. Rubin Observatory's initial observations have already discovered thousands of new asteroids.
  • The observatory is expected to uncover many more previously unknown celestial objects during its ten-year sky survey.

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