(6478) Gault – Asteroid

(6478) Gault – Astéroid with cometary activity Description: (6478 Gault) is an asteroid that is part of the main asteroid belt orbiting between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. In January 2019, cometary activity was detected around its core probably due to...

(65803) Didymos and Dimorphos

(65803) Didymos Description: Didymos is a small asteroid, 765 meters in diameter, whose moon Dimorphos, 160 meters in diameter, was struck by the DART spacecraft on September 26, 2022. The mission’s goal was to assess whether it was possible to deflect a small...

(90377) Sedna – Dwarf planet

Sedna – faraway dwarf planet Description: Sedna is a dwarf planet with a diameter of about 1000 km. Its very elongated orbit takes it to a distance of 11 billion km from the Sun when at its closest to 145 billion km when at its furthest from the Sun. This makes...