The third #interstellar object - formerly known as #A11pl3Z - has just been named 3I/ATLAS: https://minorplanetcenter.net/mpec/K25/K25N12.html ... and also C/2025 N1 (ATLAS) as it happens to be a #comet after all!
The third #interstellar object - formerly known as #A11pl3Z - has just been named 3I/ATLAS: https://minorplanetcenter.net/mpec/K25/K25N12.html ... and also C/2025 N1 (ATLAS) as it happens to be a #comet after all!
There is now also a CBET about the new interstellar #comet 3I/ATLAS: http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/iau/cbet/005500/CBET005578.txt - it comes with an even more precise orbit based on astrometry back to 5 June and predicts 13th magnitude with 60° elongation after perihelion in November. The current magnitude is about 17.7.
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