Spectral Characteristics of Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS from SOAR Observations
Thomas H. Puzia et al 2025 ApJL 990 L27 At a distance of 4.4 au from the Sun, interstellar object 3I/ATLAS showed no signs of emission from typical cometary species, in agreement with models that…
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