An independent search of public Rubin alert data
A notebook of our searches for trans-Neptunian objects and dwarf planets: what we linked, what we ruled out, and how we checked.
A linked candidate is a lead. Every discovery needs a multi-night linkage, non-detection test, JPL/MPC cross-check, image inspection and MPC acceptance.
Read the discovery criteriaOur search linked five Rubin detections on five nights across June–July 2026 (MJD 61217–61232), at about 46 AU with a radial rms of 0.05″. Initially labelled unknown, this is the known object 2025 OO737 about 2′ from its catalogue prediction, not a discovery.
Sensitivity tests, field statistics and candidate history.
Search coverage, recoveries and skipped fields.
How the search works, and the limits of the evidence.