# ATLAS Chile, El Sauce Observatory, Río Hurtado · Place

> ATLAS Chile, El Sauce Observatory, Río Hurtado is a telescope site in the record of 3I/ATLAS, placed to about 1 km. In 3I/ATLAS.

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[3I/ATLAS](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/3i-atlas)[Places](https://mysteriesdept.com/places)ATLAS Chile, El Sauce Observatory, Río Hurtado

Place · telescope site · in 1 mystery

# ATLAS Chile, El Sauce Observatory, Río Hurtado

[3I/ATLAS](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/3i-atlas)[1 event][1 source][30.4710° S, 70.7650° W]

ATLAS Chile, El Sauce Observatory, Río Hurtado is a telescope site in the record of 3I/ATLAS, placed to about 1 km.

One event happened here: ATLAS Chile finds the object, 1 Jul 2025.

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

Written from the site's records. [Improve it](https://mysteriesdept.com/developers)

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

1 Jul 2025[ATLAS Chile finds the object](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/3i-atlas/events/EVT0DFQ70ARZT0C/atlas-chile-finds-the-object)

with [Larry Denneau](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/3i-atlas/people/FIG0DFQ70ARR0WH/larry-denneau) · [John Tonry](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/3i-atlas/people/FIG0DFQ70ARRGWN/john-tonry) · [ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/3i-atlas/organisations/ORG0DFQ70ARRH0M/atlas-asteroid-terrestrial-impact-last-alert-system)

## Nearby within 500 km

[Vera C. Rubin Observatory, Cerro Pachón](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/3i-atlas/places/PLC0DFQ70ARRPGJ/vera-c-rubin-observatory-cerro-pachon)

observatory

25 km N

[Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Santiago](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D4CC7G27QFY/museo-nacional-de-historia-natural-santiago)

museum

330 km S

## People 2

[LD

**Larry Denneau**

3I/ATLAS

](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/3i-atlas/people/FIG0DFQ70ARR0WH/larry-denneau)[JT

**John Tonry**

3I/ATLAS

](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/3i-atlas/people/FIG0DFQ70ARRGWN/john-tonry)

## 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

[MPEC 2025-N12: 3I/ATLAS = C/2025 N1 (ATLAS)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DFPZ6F4ASFC/mpec-2025-n12-3i-atlas-c-2025-n1-atlas)

Primary

SRC

## Cite it

```
Mysteries Department. (2026). ATLAS Chile, El Sauce Observatory, Río Hurtado [Place PLC0DFQ70ARVTK1]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/PLC0DFQ70ARVTK1
```

Key

**PLC** 0DFQ70ARVTK1

Record

Place

Kind

Telescope site

Position

30.4710° S, 70.7650° W

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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