Vera Rubin Observatory Spots the Largest Ultra-Fast Spinning Asteroid Yet
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Vera Rubin Observatory spots the largest ultra-fast spinning asteroid yet
The speed of an asteroid's spin can tell astronomers a surprising amount about what it is made of. However, existing approaches to measuring spin based on telescope observations can often produce misleading estimates. Now, a team led by Dmitrii Vavilov at the University of Washington has developed new software that automatically weeds out unreliable measurements. Their updated approach revealed an asteroid more than 2.5 kilometers (1.6 miles) ac…
Rapidly rotating asteroids can provide astronomers with new insights into their structure. Scientists have identified an object of this type, 2.53 kilometers in diameter, that completes a full rotation in just 4.18 minutes. The article, "How Fast Can Asteroids Spin?", comes from the website Everything That Matters.
A 1.6-Mile Asteroid Is Spotted Spinning So Fast It Challenges What We Know
Astronomers using fresh data from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory have uncovered an asteroid that defies usual planetary physics, spinning at a speed so fast it should technically be tearing itself apart, but isn't. Now, most large asteroids are not solid, single boulders. Instead, they are typically loose rubble piles, i.e. gravitationally
The speed of rotation of the asteroid can tell a lot about its composition, but current methods of measuring from telescope observations often produce incorrect results. Researchers at Washington University have developed a special software that removes incorrect measurements. This has enabled them to detect "the largest super-rapidly rotating asteroid to date," wrote Phys.
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