The massive asteroid has eluded astronomers because of its unusual orbit -- until now.
Astronomers have spotted 2019 LF6, which is about a kilometer wide and boasts the shortest"year" of any known asteroid, circling the sun about every 151 days, according to the California Institute of Technology.This rare rocky body is one of only 20 known Atira asteroids, those whose orbits fall entirely within that of the Earth.
"Thirty years ago, people started organizing methodical asteroid searches, finding larger objects first, but now that most of them have been found, the bigger ones are rare birds."'Rare species' of asteroid spotted in our solar systemIt's difficult to spot the asteroids because astronomers only have about 20 to 30 minutes before or after sunset to find them, Ye said.
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