# Martinez-Palomera 2025: Pre-discovery TESS Observations of Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS

> Jorge Martinez-Palomera, Amy Tuson, Christina Hedges, 2025. 2 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Martinez-Palomera, J., Tuson, A., Hedges, C. et…

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# Pre-discovery TESS Observations of Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS

Jorge Martinez-Palomera, Amy Tuson, Christina Hedges, 2025. _ApJL 994, L51_.

TESS pixel data 2025-05-07 to 06-02 (55 days before discovery), astrometry and lightcurve.

**3I/ATLAS** Articledoi: **[10.3847/2041-8213/ae1f91](https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ae1f91)** 0

## Cited by on this site 2 records

[TESS records 3I eight weeks before discovery](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/3i-atlas/events/EVT0DFQ70ARX2HQ/tess-records-3i-eight-weeks-before-discovery)

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

The mystery article

MYS

## Cite it

```
Martinez-Palomera, J., Tuson, A., & Hedges, C. (2025). Pre-discovery TESS Observations of Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS. ApJL 994, L51. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ae1f91
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[Read it free at arxiv.org](https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.02499)

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**SRC** 0DFPWGSF044F

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Journal article

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arXiv-nonexclusive

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2 Nov 2026, for editors

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