Scientists are stunned by ‘Interstellar Object’ saw themselves on our solar system.
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A mysterious object from outside our solar system has just been noticed by astronomers On the way to our planet.
Harvard -Nature Avi Loeb revealed that the object is expected to pass through the earth on December 17, so that the solar system is more than more than accelerated 41 miles per second (About 150,000 miles per hour).
That means that the non -created object, which scientists call A11PL3Z, moves too quickly to be entangled in the gravity of our sun or another planet.
The unusual course and speed of A11PL3Z were first spotted by astronomer Sam Deen at the end of June, but it was just marked by the International Astronomical Union after the interstellar origin was confirmed.
Loeb believes that A11PL3Z can be a large space stone or a comet, but astronomers are still sorting out.
It is estimated that is about 12 miles wide. That makes it much larger than the last two alien objects that flew through our solar system, Oumuamua and the comet Borisov.
Oumuamua was only about 300 to 1,300 feet long and the core of Borisov was about half a mile in diameter.
Just like Oumuamua in 2017, A11PL3Z could soon start to stir more speculation that the object was made by humans and sent here from another solar system with intelligent life.

A11PL3Z (Groenblauw Lijn) is expected to make its nearest pass from the earth on December 17. Scientists believe that the object comes from a source outside our solar system

In 2017, an interstellar object called Oumuamua went through the solar system, and although most scientists believe it was a natural phenomenon, Harvard physicist Avi Loeb claimed that it had been of extraterrestrial origin
In 2021, Loeb, the Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science to Harvard, theoretized that Oumuamua could have been intended to scan signals of all viewing directions, “Looking for Sensors a long -lasting receiver Previously placed on earth.
The first recorded interstellar object published alarm bells among UFO researchers after scientists discovered that Oumuamua was not a well -known comet or asteroid.
“It was derived to have a disk-like shape and to show non-engravational gear, increasing the possibility of an artificial origin,” Leeb wrote about an article about Medium Wednesday.
If A11PL3Z is a spacious stone, it is surprisingly solid compared to the other two interstellar objects that have passed through the earth.
However, scientists do not project that the mystery object comes somewhere near the earth. On its current process it comes within 2.4 astronomical units of the planet (223 million miles).
An astronomical unity (AU) is the same as the distance between the earth and the sun, 93 million miles. Technically, A11PL3Z is already in the solar system and is currently 3.8 AU away from the earth from 2 July.
In October the object from outside the solar system is expected to make its nearest pass to a planet, within 0.4 AU (37 million miles) from Mars.
Scientists do not believe that A11PL3Z is a threat to the earth. With a length of 12 miles, that is good news because the object would fall into the category of a ‘planet murderer’ -probably caused a extension level event if it hit the earth.

Scientists believe that A11PL3Z is 12 miles long, making it considerably larger than the last 2 interstellar objects that have to be followed when they passed through the solar system
However, there is a chance that A11PL3Z is not as great as it appears at the moment. Loeb explained that the interstellar visitor could be a comet, just like Borisov in 2019.
The physicist said it could have been a smaller core surrounded by a clear cloud of gas and dust. This would reflect sunlight and make the masses look larger for our telescopes.
The extreme speed of A11PL3Z gives astronomers only a short window to study the mysterious object before it leaves the solar system in 2026.
At that time, scientists will try to collect information about his process with the help of telescopes such as the Rubin Observatory in Chile, and possibly the James Webb Space Telescope in space.
They hope to confirm that A11PL3Z will remain on its expected route, passes the sun at the end of October, winds along the earth at a safe distance in December and then fly past Jupiter in March 2026.
As soon as it gets closer, scientists must be able to determine what A11PL3Z actually is – an asteroid, a comet or something else.
Mark Norris at the University of Central Lancashire told New Scientist: ‘They really wave through the solar system with ridiculous speeds. They are really volatile and you are seriously limited in what you can learn about it. ‘
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