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Astronomers Spot 'Interstellar Object' Speeding Through Solar System
- On June 2, astronomers confirmed the third interstellar object, A11pI3Z, approaching the inner solar system from outside our system.
- Analysis indicates the interstellar object is approaching from Sagittarius at 152,000 mph, currently 420 million miles from Earth, with an origin outside our solar system.
- Data from three ATLAS and ZTF telescopes since June 14 confirm an unusual interstellar orbit on July 1–2, supporting the discovery of the third such object.
- NASA and scientists will study the interstellar object’s properties until October 30, with closest approach at 130 million miles, and anticipate reappearance in early December.
- On June 2, astronomers confirmed the third interstellar object, A11pI3Z, approaching the solar system from interstellar space, following Oumuamua in 2017 and Borisov in 2019.
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Astronomers track object possibly from beyond the solar system
Astronomers are monitoring an object headed our way that may have wandered over from another star system.Scientists have discovered what might be only the third known interstellar object to pass through our solar system, the European Space Agency said
·Beijing, China
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It is apparently 10 to 20 kilometers wide and is approaching the Sun: astronomers may have identified an interstellar object. Soon you can see it by telescope.
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Specialists know that the comet has at 20 kilometres length and travel about 60 kilometres per second in relation to the Sun.
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