A newly discovered interstellar object named A11pl3Z is traveling at approximately 245,000 kilometers per hour, currently positioned just inside Jupiter's orbit. Detected by telescopes, it is not expected to impact Earth. It is faint and possibly between 12 and 25 miles wide, but whether it is a comet or an asteroid remains uncertain. The object likely originated beyond the solar system and will reach its closest point to the sun by October 29, at a distance twice that of Earth from the sun. This marks only the third observed interstellar object in the solar system.
The object, provisionally known as A11pl3Z, is traveling at about 245,000 kilometers per hour relative to the sun, currently located just inside the orbit of Jupiter.
Observations of A11pl3Z, which could be between 12 to 25 miles wide, indicate it likely came from outside of the solar system from a thin galactic disk.
The object will reach its closest point to the sun around October 29, at a distance about twice that of Earth from the sun.
It is uncertain if A11pl3Z is a comet or asteroid, but more than 100 observations have been made, revealing its mystery.
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