NEWS: An Interstellar Object in our Solar System - Sixty Symbols

2025-07-10

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Mike Merrifield discusses the third known interstellar comet to pass through our solar system (3I/ATLAS). More links and info below ↓ ↓ ↓

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More on the comet 3I/ATLAS...

https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/comets/3i-atlas/

https://minorplanetcenter.net/mpec/K25/K25N12.html

ESO image: https://www.eso.org/public/unitedkingdom/images/potw2527a/

The paper Mike discusses...

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2507.05318

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