Article 4JRHB This Asteroid Orbits So Close to the Sun, Its Year Lasts Just 151 Days

This Asteroid Orbits So Close to the Sun, Its Year Lasts Just 151 Days

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George Dvorsky
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Introducing 2019 LF6, an asteroid so close to the Sun that a year lasts only 151 days. Known as an "Atira" asteroid, its orbit falls entirely inside Earth's orbit, making it one of only a small handful of these objects ever discovered.

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