ATLAS

See also: Atlas, atlas, and atłas

English

Proper noun

ATLAS

  1. (NASA, space science) Initialism of Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (a robotic astronomical survey and early warning system optimized for detecting smaller near-Earth objects)
  2. (astronomy, geography) A comet, an interstellar object visiting the Solar System, on a hyperbolic orbit. Named after the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System.
    Synonyms: Atlas, 3I/ATLAS, 3I/Atlas

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