Fastest orbiting asteroid found in our solar system
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A newly discovered asteroid, called 2021 PH27, completes one orbit around the sun every 113 days and comes within 12 million miles (20 million kilometers) of our star. It has only the second shortest orbit around the sun after Mercury.
The asteroid, called 2021 PH27, completes an orbit around the sun every 113 days and comes within 12.4 million miles (20 million kilometers) of our star. That gives this space rock the distinction of having the shortest known orbital period for an asteroid -- and only the second shortest orbit around the sun after Mercury, which takes 88 days to complete its orbital journey around our star.More Related News