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SPACEWEATHER: New Object Entering the Solar System from Interstellar Space

This morning, a team of Italian astronomers led by Ernesto Guido photographed A11pl3Z using a remote-controlled telescope in Australia.

Third known interstellar object to pass through the Solar System

SPACEWEATHER.COM NEWS: 07/02/2025 UPDATED

A NEW INTERSTELLAR OBJECT: A new object is entering the Solar System from interstellar space. Provisionally named A11pl3Z, it is about 20 kilometers wide and currently travelling at a blistering 66 km/s. Early measurements of its orbit suggest an eccentricity of 6 which, if confirmed, would be strong evidence that it comes from another star.

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