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It’s official! An interstellar object is visiting our solar system
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The newly discovered space rock, now named 3I/ATLAS, could be as large as 12 miles ( 20 km ) in diameter.
The object’s trajectory indicates it didn’t originate inside our own solar system.
It will get its closest to the sun at about 2 astronomical units (AU), or twice as far as Earth is from the sun in October .
Current indications are leaning toward it being a comet or asteroid.
Citizen scientist Sam Deen has found earlier observations of from June 25-28 , from the ATLAS telescope.
With an eccentricity near 10 , this is like nothing seen before.
It's likely a comet that’s speeding toward the sun and should make its closest approach in October 2025 .
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