I-Comet 3I/ATLAS: Into Yesithathu ye-Interstellar Ejongwe kwisixokelelwano seSolar  

I-ATLAS (i-Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) ifumene umviwa omtsha we-NEOCP (Near-Earth Object Confirmation Page) kwimifanekiso emine yesaveyi yemizuzwana engama-30 ethathwe nge-01 Julayi 2025. Uphononongo olulandelelweyo lwatyhila i-eccentric, i-hyperbolic cometary orbit.  

I-comet ibizwa ngokuba yi-3I/ATLAS. Isuka kwi-interstellar space. Ukufika kwicala le-constellation yeSagittarius, okwangoku i-670 yezigidi zeekhilomitha ukusuka eLangeni. Iza kufikelela kweyona ndlela ikufutshane neLanga malunga ne-30 ka-Okthobha 2025 kumgama ozizigidi ezingama-210 eekhilomitha ngaphakathi nje kwe-orbit ye-Mars. 

Le comet interstellar iya kuhlala kumgama we-240 yezigidi zeekhilomitha ukusuka kuthi ngoko akukho mngcipheko okanye isoyikiso kuMhlaba.  

I-comet 3I / ATLAS inika ithuba elinqabileyo lokufunda into ye-interstellar evela ngaphandle kwenkqubo yelanga. Kulindeleke ukuba ihlale ibonakala kwiiteleskopu ezisekwe emhlabeni ukuze ijongwe ngoSeptemba. Emva koku, iya kudlula kufutshane kakhulu neLanga ukuba ijongwe. Iza kuphinda ivele kwelinye icala leLanga ekuqaleni kukaDisemba ukuze iqwalaselwe ngokutsha. 

I-comet 3I / ATLAS yinto yesithathu ye-interstellar ebonwa kwinkqubo yelanga.   

I-1I / 2017 U1 'U-Oumuamua wayeyinto yokuqala ye-interstellar ebonwe kwisixokelelwano sethu selanga. Ifunyenwe ngomhla we-19 ngo-Oktobha 2017. Kubonakala ngathi yinto enamatye, e-cigar ene-hue ebomvu eziphatha ngakumbi njenge-comet. 

Into yesibini ye-interstellar yayingu-2I / Borisov. Yabonwa kwinkqubo yethu yelanga ngo-2019.  

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Imithombo:  

1. I-ATLAS ifumanisa into yesithathu ye-interstellar, i-comet C / 2025 N1 (3I). Ithunyelwe nge-02 kaJulayi 2025. Iyafumaneka e  https://minorplanetcenter.net/mpec/K25/K25N12.html 

2. I-NASA ifumanisa i-Interstellar Comet ihamba ngeNkqubo yeSolar. 02 Julayi 2025. https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/planetary-defense/2025/07/02/nasa-discovers- 

3. I-ATLAS (i-Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System). Ifumaneka e https://atlas.fallingstar.com/index.php  

4. 'Oumuamua Overview. https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/comets/oumuamua/  

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Amanqaku afanelekileyo:  

• I-Comet Leonard (C/2021 A1) inokubonakala emehlweni nge-12 kaDisemba 2021. (Ngomhla we-10 kuDisemba 2021) 

• UKhuselo lwePlanethi: Impembelelo ye-DART itshintshe zombini i-Orbit kunye neMilo ye-asteroid (20 Matshi 2024) 

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