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An asteroid discovery algorithm designed to uncover near-Earth asteroids for the Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s upcoming 10-year survey of the night sky has identified its first “potentially hazardous” asteroid, a term for space rocks in Earth’s vicinity that scientists like to keep an eye on. The roughly 600-foot-long asteroid, designated 2022 SF289, was discovered during a test drive of the algorithm with the ATLAS survey in Hawaii. Finding 2022 SF289, which poses no risk to Earth for the foreseeable future, confirms that the next-generation algorithm, known as HelioLinc3D, can identify near-Earth asteroids with fewer and more dispersed observations than required by today’s methods.

United statesMilky wayMagallanesy antáica chilenaMario juriLarry denneauJames urtonRanpal gillSiegfried egglJohn tonryMatthew holmanVerac rubinUniversity of illinois at urbana champaignCatalina skyUniversity of hawaii institute for astronomyUniversity of washingtonMethod of research