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306 points gammarator | 1 comments | 03 Jul 25 03:19 UTC | HN request time: 0.992s | source

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isx726552 ◴[03 Jul 25 18:59 UTC] No.44458149[source]▶

Wow. The 2019 novel “The Last Astronaut” hypothesized about a fictional interstellar object coming into the solar system, called “2I” in the novel for short, but back here in real life, we’re already up to 3I.

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1. NooneAtAll3 ◴[04 Jul 25 02:12 UTC] No.44460586[source]▶

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tbf, Omuamua was given denomination 1I in 2017 - so it's not "reality coincided with imaginary naming", but simply "book followed real life"

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