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Search · "asteroid" · today's edition, 2026-11-07 · search every back issue →
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The Vera C. Rubin Observatory announced in October 2026 the discovery of dwarf planet candidate 2026 ED138 using the Asteroid Institute's ADAM::Precovery service.Vera Rubin Observatory announces dwarf planet candidate 2026 ED138On November 4 2026, the Asteroid Institute published its 2026 annual report.Vera Rubin Observatory announces dwarf planet candidate 2026 ED138As of 2026, the Asteroid Institute's ADAM platform holds nearly 12 million astronomical observations.Vera Rubin Observatory announces dwarf planet candidate 2026 ED138The Asteroid Institute launched the ADAM::Ephemeris asteroid position prediction service during 2026.Vera Rubin Observatory announces dwarf planet candidate 2026 ED138The International Astronomical Union Minor Planet Center confirmed on 29 October 2026 that asteroid 2026 QQ8 is a natural object temporarily captured in Earth orbit.Asteroid 2026 QQ8 confirmed as Earth's temporary natural mini-moonAsteroid 2026 QQ8 entered Earth's gravitational sphere of influence in April 2026, becoming a temporary mini-moon.Asteroid 2026 QQ8 confirmed as Earth's temporary natural mini-moonAll 12
Astronomer Krisztián Sárneczky first observed asteroid 2026 QQ8 on 19-20 August 2026.Asteroid 2026 QQ8 confirmed as Earth's temporary natural mini-moonAsteroid 2026 QQ8 has an estimated diameter of 1 meter, and posed no collision threat to Earth.Asteroid 2026 QQ8 confirmed as Earth's temporary natural mini-moonAsteroid 2026 QQ8 is expected to escape Earth orbit and return to solar orbit around mid-December 2026.Asteroid 2026 QQ8 confirmed as Earth's temporary natural mini-moonAsteroid Apophis will pass 31600 km from Earth on 13 April 2029.127 weeks to Apophis 2029: No impact risk remains confirmedStudy authors propose slower moving asteroids are a more plausible source for delivering intact organic molecules to early Earth.Study finds asteroids, not comets, likely delivered intact organic molecules to early EarthAsteroids, volcanoes or hydrothermal vents are suggested alternative sources for Earth's life chemicals.Comets were an unlikely way to bring life's building blocks to Earth, simulations suggestWriters · 5
Dana WhitfieldAsteroid & Near-Earth Object ReporterHenrik VassPolicy & International Affairs ColumnistIngrid SolbergScience EditorLuisa Fernanda Zambrano-Marin, PhDPlanetary scientist and radar astronomerSofia MarchettiApophis Watch EditorSections · 1
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