2025 Mn45: Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile Discovered an Asteroid that Breaks All Records

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The Vera C. Rubin Observatory, located in the Coquimbo region, discovered an asteroid of 710 meters in diameter that rotates very fast, the 2025 MN45. According to a statement, this object “breaks all records”. This finding occurred within the framework of “the first light” of Vera C. Rubin this year. There, they captured thousands of asteroids crossing the Solar System, of which 1,900 were unpublished objects, which had not been seen before. Am…

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The Vera Rubin Observatory has found an asteroid that challenges the known records for the small bodies of the solar system. It is 2025 MN45, an asteroid of 700 meters in diameter that rotates every two minutes. Scientists claim that the asteroid is probably solid rock, otherwise it would not support that behavior. Vera Rubin Observatory, located in northern Chile, is able to take movies of the sky instead of photographs, to detect constant chan…