# IAU Minor Planet Center · Organisation

> The clearing house for positions and designations of small bodies. In 3I/ATLAS.

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Organisation · agency · in 1 mystery

# IAU Minor Planet Center

The clearing house for positions and designations of small bodies

[3I/ATLAS](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/3i-atlas)[1 event]

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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## In the mysteries

**3I/ATLAS**

The clearing house for positions and designations of small bodies · 1 event

[The mystery ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/3i-atlas)

## Events 1

2 Jul 2025[Named 3I/ATLAS, the third interstellar object](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/3i-atlas/events/EVT0DFQ70ARYPYB/named-3i-atlas-the-third-interstellar-object)

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). IAU Minor Planet Center [Organisation ORG0DFQ70ARZ4FB]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ORG0DFQ70ARZ4FB
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**ORG** 0DFQ70ARZ4FB

Record

Organisation

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Agency

Identity

The clearing house for positions and designations of small bodies

In

[3I/ATLAS](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/3i-atlas)

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1

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