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IAU Minor Planet Center

The clearing house for positions and designations of small bodies

IAU Minor Planet Center is the clearing house for positions and designations of small bodies, and appears in the record of 3I/ATLAS.

One event on the site involves it: Named 3I/ATLAS, the third interstellar object (2 Jul 2025).

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3I/ATLAS
The clearing house for positions and designations of small bodies · 1 event
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Mysteries Department. (2026). IAU Minor Planet Center [Organisation ORG0DFQ70ARZ4FB]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ORG0DFQ70ARZ4FB
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