Vera C. Rubin Observatory Discovers Over 11,000 New Asteroids

Astronomers using the Vera C. Rubin Observatory have discovered over 11,000 new asteroids, including hundreds of trans-Neptunian objects and 33 previously unknown near-Earth asteroids. The new dataset from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory comprises approximately one million observations, taken over the span of a month and a half, of over 11,000 new asteroids and more than 80,000 already known asteroids. The data were submitted to the International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center...