Objects with hyperbolic orbits, which do not curve back, originate from outside our solar system and are not bound to it, unlike objects born in our solar system that follow elliptical paths; 3I/ATLAS is the third confirmed interstellar visitor in human history, representing a definitive example of an object from another star system passing through our solar system.
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What Is 3I/ATLAS? The Third Interstellar Visitor π #Astronomy #3iatlasupdate #3iatlasAdded:
Bound object, a comet, an asteroid, anything born in [music] our solar system follows an elliptical path. It curves back.
This did not curve [music] back.
Its orbit was hyperbolic.
>> [music] >> Decisively, unambiguously hyperbolic.
This object did not come from our solar system.
>> [music] >> It came from somewhere else entirely.
And it is not staying.
They named [music] it 3I Atlas.
The third confirmed interstellar visitor in all of recorded human history.
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