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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)
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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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    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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