The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is online

[PMSchu]

This morning I noticed a big jump in the number of MPs discovered in the month of June - 2198 total. The reason is that the Vera C. Rubin observatory is now operating and it discovered ~2000 MPs already.

Here's an article about the observatory: https://www.space.com/astronomy/the-rubi...lions-more

Enjoy,

Phil S.

[PMSchu]

I've been tracking the number of MP discovered during 2025 June. After the dump of objects provided by the Vera C. Rubin telescope said to be over 2100 objects, the total number of MPs that the MPC lists as discovered in June has dropped from over 2100 to 2043 today. I'm not sure of the reason for the change.

Phil S.