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    2021 PH27 is a near-Earth asteroid of the Atira group. It was discovered by Scott Sheppard using the Dark Energy Survey's DECam imager at NOIRLab's Cerro...
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    to produce substantial evidence on vulcanoids. On August 13, 2021, an asteroid, 2021 PH27, was discovered with a perihelion well within the orbit of Mercury...
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    movements of Vulcan Tyche (hypothetical planet) Vulcan (Star Trek) Vulcanoid 2021 PH27, an Atira asteroid with an intra-Mercurian perihelion, the smallest semi-major...
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    significant scientific events that occurred or were scheduled to occur in 2021. 1 July Construction begins on the Square Kilometre Array, with first light...
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  • significant events in science that have occurred in the first quarter of 2021. 1 January – Beginning of the implementation of Plan S, an initiative for...
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  • significant events in science that have occurred in the second quarter of 2021. 2 April – Scientists report that the event that caused the mass-extinction...
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  • Scott S. Sheppard (category Articles lacking reliable references from August 2021)
    (2018) S/2018 J 4 (2018) S/2021 J 1 (2021) S/2021 J 2 (2021) S/2021 J 3 (2021) S/2021 J 4 (2021) S/2021 J 5 (2021) S/2021 J 6 (2021) S/2022 J 1 (2022) S/2022...
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  • Notable discoveries from this survey include the Atira asteroids 2021 LJ4 and 2021 PH27, the latter of which holds the record for the shortest orbital period...
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    2019 LF6 is a near-Earth object of the Atira group. After 2021 PH27, it has the second-smallest semi-major axis among the known asteroids (0.555 AU),...
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    Earth during 2021. "2021 SG". Minor Planet Center. International Astronomical Union. Retrieved 11 December 2021. "MPEC 2021-S24 : 2021 SG". Minor Planet...
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    S. Sheppard MPC · JPL 2021 PB2 0.610 0.7174 0.825 0.1501 24.83 222 3392 18.8 620 Zwicky Transient Facility MPC · JPL 2021 PH27 0.133 0.4617 0.790 0.7117...
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  • 2021 DW1 is a small Apollo near-Earth asteroid discovered on 16 February 2021 by the Pan-STARRS 1 survey at Haleakala Observatory, Hawaii. On 4 March...
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  • 2021 AV7 is a near-Earth asteroid of the Apollo group, discovered by astronomers Alain Maury and G. Attard at San Pedro de Atacama, Chile on 15 January...
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    (679648) 2019 XS (category Use dmy dates from October 2021)
    1.493 lunar distances (574,000 km; 357,000 mi) from Earth on 9 November 2021 at 03:48 UTC, after which observations were checked by the International...
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    (231937) 2001 FO32 (category Use dmy dates from September 2021)
    Mexico on 23 March 2001. The asteroid safely passed by Earth on 21 March 2021 16:03 UTC from a closest approach distance of 0.0135 AU (2.02 million km;...
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