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Interstellar Objects

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General Reference

Space and Astronomy Atlas. "Interstellar Objects." Accessed September 2, 2026. https://dev-space.interactiveatlas.org/subcategories/celestialobject/interstellar-objects.

APA Style

Space and Astronomy Atlas. (n.d.). Interstellar Objects. Retrieved September 2, 2026, from https://dev-space.interactiveatlas.org/subcategories/celestialobject/interstellar-objects

BibTeX

@misc{spaceandastronomyatlas-interstellar-objects,
  author = {Space and Astronomy Atlas},
  title = {Interstellar Objects},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-space.interactiveatlas.org/subcategories/celestialobject/interstellar-objects},
  note = {Accessed September 2, 2026}
}

Bodies observed passing through the Solar System on a trajectory that shows they originated outside it and are not gravitationally bound to the Sun, such as 1I/Oumuamua and 2I/Borisov. Belongs here: any confirmed interstellar visitor. Does not belong here: any body in a bound solar orbit, however unusual, which belongs under Comets, Asteroids and Minor Planets or Trans-Neptunian and Outer Solar System Objects instead.