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Astronomers discover 3I/ATLAS – Third interstellar object to visit Solar System

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306 points gammarator | 1 comments | 03 Jul 25 03:19 UTC | HN request time: 0.249s | source

Minor Planet Electronic Circular: https://minorplanetcenter.net/mpec/K25/K25N12.html
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artur_makly ◴[03 Jul 25 13:14 UTC] No.44454716[source]▶
If it were to come right for us, what do we have today to stop it (if at all) ?
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1. russdill ◴[03 Jul 25 17:57 UTC] No.44457593[source]▶
If this object were coming straight for Earth there would be pretty much nothing we could do to avoid a collision. Luckily the chances of such a collision are enormously small. We are fortunately bringing more resources on line to find such objects sooner.