# ATLAS South Africa, Sutherland · Place

> ATLAS South Africa, Sutherland is a telescope site in the record of 3I/ATLAS, placed to about 1 km. In 3I/ATLAS.

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Place · telescope site · in 1 mystery

# ATLAS South Africa, Sutherland

[3I/ATLAS](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/3i-atlas)[1 event][1 source][32.3800° S, 20.8100° E]

ATLAS South Africa, Sutherland is a telescope site in the record of 3I/ATLAS, placed to about 1 km.

One event happened here: Earliest ATLAS images, at Sutherland, 5 Jun 2025.

Position from the MPC observatory code list (longitude and parallax constants), latitude converted; good to about 1 km.

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

## In the mysteries

**3I/ATLAS**

1 event · 1 source

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

## What happened here 1

5 Jun 2025[Earliest ATLAS images, at Sutherland](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/3i-atlas/events/EVT0DFQ70ARV7B8/earliest-atlas-images-at-sutherland)

with [ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/3i-atlas/organisations/ORG0DFQ70ARRH0M/atlas-asteroid-terrestrial-impact-last-alert-system)

## Organisations 1

[ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/3i-atlas/organisations/ORG0DFQ70ARRH0M/atlas-asteroid-terrestrial-impact-last-alert-system)

ORG

## Sources 1

[Minor Planet Center observations of 3I/ATLAS](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DFPZ6F4K5Q6/minor-planet-center-observations-of-3i-atlas)

Primary

SRC

## Cite it

```
Mysteries Department. (2026). ATLAS South Africa, Sutherland [Place PLC0DFQ70ARV09Y]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/PLC0DFQ70ARV09Y
```

Key

**PLC** 0DFQ70ARV09Y

Record

Place

Kind

Telescope site

Position

32.3800° S, 20.8100° E

Precision

About 1 km

Placed from

MPC observatory codes

In

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

Version

2

Added by

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

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