The amazing Vera C. Rubin Observatory.
In April, even before observations formally began, the Rubin Solar System team submitted observations of over 11,000 new asteroids, which included ~380 new trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs).
What other celestial objects will it discover and what astronomical mysteries will it resolve?
Randall Munroe had some ideas 😄
https://fosstodon.org/@AkaSci/117006287296978668
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xkcd #3278 by Randall Munroe. Title: Vera Rubin Observatory. Title text: 'Spurious signals from the kitchen' is harder for an optical telescope than a radio one, but with enough determination and creativity, I believe it's possible. See if you can identify some of the allusions a
![Image of the comic.
[A Bingo card is shown, with 25 squares. They are as follows:]
Black hole tidally disrupting a star.
Planet nine.
Remnants of a former Milky Way companion.
10,000 new trans-Newtonian objects.
Object on interstellar trajectory.
Star being eclipsed by weird object.
Secret military satellite.
Kuiper Belt object that's a surprising color.
Mars-sized TNO.
Local group supernova.
Spurious signal from observatory kitchen.
Glitch in](https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/117/006/262/421/544/820/original/88717513aa5570cd.png)
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xkcd #3278 by Randall Munroe.
Title: Vera Rubin Observatory.
Title text: 'Spurious signals from the kitchen' is harder for an optical telescope than a radio one, but with enough determination and creativity, I believe it's possible.
See if you can identify some of the allusions and puns in the bingo card of things the Vera Rubin Observatory might discover.
https://xkcd.com/327
