Discover how the forthcoming observatory will revolutionize our understanding of the solar system

  • The forthcoming Vera C. Rubin Observatory will offer a highly detailed view of the cosmos
  • Rubin will be capable of detecting millions of new asteroids, comets, and potentially even bodies passing through our planetary backyard
  • Rubin will monitor solar system bodies and cosmic objects beyond the limits of the solar system and the Milky Way galaxy
  • Rubin is expected to vastly increase our catalog of known solar system objects by at least 5 times
  • Rubin could reveal whole regions of the solar system that contain unique objects for future space missions
  • Rubin will be able to alert operators to changes in the night sky within 60 seconds
  • Rubin could give scientists an early warning of interstellar objects passing through the solar system
  • Rubin data will be used by the JAXA/European Space Agency Comet Interceptor mission
  • Rubin could assist NASA’s Lucy spacecraft in finding new fly-by opportunities

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory, set to have its ‘first light’ in 2025, will offer a highly detailed view of the cosmos and detect millions of new asteroids, comets, and potentially even bodies passing through our planetary backyard. It will monitor solar system bodies and cosmic objects beyond the limits of the solar system and the Milky Way galaxy, vastly increasing our catalog of known solar system objects. Rubin could reveal whole regions of the solar system that contain unique objects for future space missions. Additionally, it will be able to alert operators to changes in the night sky within 60 seconds and give scientists an early warning of interstellar objects passing through the solar system. The data from Rubin will be used by the JAXA/European Space Agency Comet Interceptor mission and could assist NASA’s Lucy spacecraft in finding new fly-by opportunities.

Public Companies: NASA (N/A), JAXA/European Space Agency (N/A)
Private Companies: Google
Key People: Siegfried Eggl (Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Lead of the Inner Solar System Working Group within the Rubin’s Solar System Science Collaboration)

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