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Message 9050 - Posted: 3 Jul 2025, 3:02:41 UTC

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/a11pl3z-discovery-interstellar-object-1.7575576

Astronomers may have found a third interstellar object, something that has origins beyond our own solar system.

The first interstellar object was 'Oumuamua, discovered in 2017. The second was a comet called 2I Borisov.

This new object, which is temporarily designated A11pl3Z by the International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center, was discovered using a survey telescope called the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS), which serves as an asteroid impact early warning system. A11pl3Z is not believed to pose any danger to Earth.


I wonder if the project will be able to study this asteroid?
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Message 9292 - Posted: 2 Dec 2025, 16:06:19 UTC - in response to Message 9050.  
It would be cool if Avi Loeb and Beatriz Villaroel and others collaborated with this project.
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Message 9293 - Posted: 2 Dec 2025, 17:45:37 UTC

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Very cool find.
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