3I/ATLAS

Translingual

Etymology

3 +‎ I +‎ English ATLAS. From being the third (3rd) discovered interstellar object (I) within the Solar System, whose orbit would not keep it within the Solar System. Named after the NASA project ATLAS, which discovered it.

Alternative forms

Proper noun

3I/ATLAS

  1. (astronomy, geography) A comet, an interstellar object found within the Solar System on a hyperbolic orbit.

Synonyms

  • A11pl3Z
  • C/2025 N1
  • C/2025 N1 (Atlas)
  • C/2025 N1 (ATLAS)

Coordinate terms

  • 1I/ʻOumuamua
  • 2I/Borisov
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