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4,360 inventions and discoveries
Invention or discoveryDateInventor or discovererType
Utah monolith2016Utah Department of Public Safetyunidentified object
2016 CP31February 7, 2016Catalina Sky Surveyasteroid
(523800) 2017 KZ31April 11, 2016Pan-STARRS1minor planet
(583751) 2016 NZ90July 5, 2016Pan-STARRS1minor planet
Aeolis Mons 001October 30, 2016Curiosityiron meteorite
Aeolis Mons 002January 18, 2017Curiosityiron meteorite
(523798) 2017 CX33February 2017Pan-STARRS1minor planet
2017 DB120February 25, 2017Pan-STARRSnear-Earth object
(584778) 2017 RG16August 6, 2017Pan-STARRS1minor planet
Iroungou cave2018Olivier Testacave
2018 EC4March 10, 2018Mount Lemmon Surveyasteroid
2018 FC4March 21, 2018Mount Lemmon Surveyasteroid
(585899) 2020 HM98May 21, 2018Pan-STARRS1minor planet
C/2018 N2 (ASASSN)July 7, 2018All Sky Automated Survey for SuperNovaenon-periodic comet
2019 EU5March 5, 2019David J. Tholentrans-Neptunian object
AbC-19 rapid antibody test2020UK Rapid Test Consortium—
Aten2020Zahi Hawassruins
Proximity chatMarch 2020Almas AbulkhairovInternet genre
2020 FA31March 24, 2020David J. Tholenasteroid
SN 2020jfoMay 6, 2020—supernova
2020 PN1August 12, 2020Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert Systemnear-Earth object
C/2020 S3 (Erasmus)September 17, 2020Nicolas Erasmusnon-periodic comet
2020 VT4November 14, 2020ATLAS–MLO observatorynear-Earth asteroid
(614689) 2020 XL5December 12, 2020Pan-STARRSnear-Earth object
Cyme laeta2021Noortje Looijengataxon
FORCEDENTRY2021Citizen Labexploit
C/2021 A1 (Leonard)January 3, 2021Gregory J. Leonardnon-periodic comet
2021 AV7January 15, 2021Alain Maurynear-Earth asteroid
2021 DR15February 17, 2021Scott S. Sheppardasteroid
Mate GrandeApril 7, 2021University of Chilecaldera
Giant ArcJune 2021Alexia Lopezgalaxy filament
C/2021 O3 (PanSTARRS)July 26, 2021Pan-STARRShyperbolic comet
2021 PH27August 13, 2021Scott S. Sheppardnear-Earth asteroid
C/2021 T4October 7, 2021Mount Lemmon Surveyhyperbolic comet
PwnKitNovember 18, 2021Qualysnamed vulnerability
Log4ShellNovember 24, 2021Alibaba Cloudnamed vulnerability
Odontonia kerangcarisDecember 10, 2021Mike Groenhoftaxon
2022 AE1January 6, 2022Mount Lemmon Surveynear-Earth object
2022 EB5March 11, 2022Krisztián SárneczkyEarth-crossing asteroid
Bulovqaya2023Vali Bakhshaliyevarchaeological site