# NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2017: Small Asteroid or Comet 'Visits' from Beyond the Solar System

> NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 2017. 5 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The discovery circumstances and the Earth flyby distance.

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# Small Asteroid or Comet 'Visits' from Beyond the Solar System

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 2017. _JPL News_.

The JPL release of 26 October 2017 (updated 15 November): found on 19 October by Pan-STARRS1 on Haleakala, first identified and reported to the MPC by Rob Weryk; passed Earth on 14 October at about 24 million km; arrived from the direction of Lyra at about 25.5 km/s.

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## What it's used for here

The discovery circumstances and the Earth flyby distance.

## Cited by on this site 5 records

[It passes about 24 million km from Earth](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oumuamua/events/EVT0CSKBV8G3K13/it-passes-about-24-million-km-from-earth)

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[Pan-STARRS1 records the object and Robert Weryk reports it to the Minor Planet Center](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oumuamua/events/EVT0CSKBVGA16SY/pan-starrs1-records-the-object-and-robert-weryk-reports-it)

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[Robert Weryk](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oumuamua/people/FIG0CSKBQV4641P/robert-weryk)

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[1I/'Oumuamua](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oumuamua)

The mystery article

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[Pan-STARRS (University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oumuamua/organisations/ORG0CSKBT1E40BF/pan-starrs-university-of-hawaii-institute-for-astronomy)

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## Cite it

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NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (2017). Small Asteroid or Comet 'Visits' from Beyond the Solar System. JPL News. https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/small-asteroid-or-comet-visits-from-beyond-the-solar-system/
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