Astronomers found a weird asteroid closer to the sun than any other

Scientists have discovered three unusual asteroids that orbit comparatively near the solar – one is the closest to the solar we’ve ever discovered, and one other might sometime hit Earth

By Leah Crane

Astronomers have discovered the closest asteroid to the solar ever seen, a comparatively massive rock that will get inside 20 million kilometres of it – about 13 per cent the gap between the solar and Earth. They’ve additionally noticed two different unusual asteroids as a part of a hunt for the uncommon rocks that orbit nearer to the solar than Earth.

These asteroids are onerous to seek out as a result of so as to search for them, astronomers must level telescopes in the direction of the solar. Meaning there’s …