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Tracking the Interstellar Objects 1I/'Oumuamua, 2I/Borisov, and 3I/Atlas to their Source


In a recent paper, researchers followed the trajectories of 1I/`Oumuamua, 2I/Borisov, and 3I/ATLAS - three installer objects that have entered the Solar System in the past decade - to constrain their possible origin. Through a series of Monte Carlo simulations, they came up with predictions of where they came from and how old they are.

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