On July 2, NASA revealed the existence of 3I/Atlas, the only third inter -stealler observed observed in the universe. These are the things that are located in the place of the Interstitel – the areas between the stars – and that are not bound by any star in terms of gravity. There are two other interstitial items to be discovered to date.
On July 1, 3I/Atlas was discovered, when its existence was reported through a telescope in Chile’s Rio Hertado, which was operated by the Telechane Portune Impact Alert System. Commonly known as Atlas, it is NASA’s financing system developed by the University of Hawaii and operated so that they can detect Teenagrara that can potentially affect the land. The use of four telescopes in Hawaii, one in Chile, and one in South Africa, to automatically scan several times every night to monitor the movements.
In October 2017, an example of 1i/Umumuamua, for the first time, was an interstitial object. It is thought that it is 400 meters long and cigar -shaped.
Example: ESA/Hubble, NASA, ESO, M. Cornemor
A photo of the second inter -stellar object 2i/Borisov, discovered in August 2019. It is thought that its diameter is about 975 meters and is moving at a speed of 177,000 km per hour.
Photo: NASA/ESA/D. Joett (UCLA)
In the California Institute of Technology Palomer Observatory, three other Atlas telescopes, as well as the Zuki Sky Facility, confirmed the discovery in the past week. Subsequently, additional observations of 3I/Atlas were conducted by numerous telescopes around the world, which gradually reveal more details about it.
3I/Atlas observations taken by the Atlas telescope in Chile.
Photo: Atlas/University of Hawaii/NASA
3I/Atlas is estimated, maximum, about 20 km in size. It is currently located about 670 million kilometers from the sun and is approaching our star at a speed of about 61 km per second. It is expected to increase its speed when it approaches the sun.
When astronomers studied its orbit, they found that 3i/Atlas was growing rapidly that the sun’s gravity is bound to be bound, and thus the straightforward system will go through the solar and the intersectional place, and will never be seen again.
An animation of 3I/Atlas using observations created by Atlas telescopes in Rio Altoudo in Chile.
Video: Atlas/University of Hawaii/NASA
