# Roque de los Muchachos Observatory, La Palma · Place

> Roque de los Muchachos Observatory, La Palma is an observatory in the record of 3I/ATLAS, placed to about 1 km. In 3I/ATLAS.

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Place · observatory · in 1 mystery

# Roque de los Muchachos Observatory, La Palma

[3I/ATLAS](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/3i-atlas)[1 source][28.7570° N, 17.8850° W]

Roque de los Muchachos Observatory, La Palma is an observatory in the record of 3I/ATLAS, placed to about 1 km.

Position from the Wikipedia article coordinates for the site.

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Placed from Wikipedia coordinates · Placed to about 1 km[Open the mystery's map](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/3i-atlas#map)

## In the mysteries

**3I/ATLAS**

1 source

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

## Nearby within 500 km

[Teide Observatory, Tenerife](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/3i-atlas/places/PLC0DFQ70ART852/teide-observatory-tenerife)

observatory

144 km E

## Sources 1

[Ion abundances in the plasma tail of 3I/ATLAS show that it is N2-rich](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DFPWGSFSWDJ/ion-abundances-in-the-plasma-tail-of-3i-atlas-show-that-it)

SRC

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Roque de los Muchachos Observatory, La Palma [Place PLC0DFQ70ART8R4]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/PLC0DFQ70ART8R4
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Key

**PLC** 0DFQ70ART8R4

Record

Place

Kind

Observatory

Position

28.7570° N, 17.8850° W

Precision

About 1 km

Placed from

Wikipedia coordinates

In

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

Version

2

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[apollo](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo)

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