Astronomers are still specifying their calculations, but its speed seems to exceed 60 kilometers per second, or more than 200,000 km/h. It means that it is not linked to the orbit of the sun.
Its trajectory also “indicates that it is not in orbit around the sun, but comes from the interstellar space and will return there,” according to Richard Moissl.
Based in Hawaii (United States), the ATLAS ASTEROID SURVEILLS project funded by NASA, the American space agency, discovered the object on Tuesday, wrote American astronomer David RANKIN on the Bluesky social network.
The size of the object is currently estimated at 10 to 20 km in diameter. But it could be smaller if it is well made up of ice, which more reflects light.
The first interstellar visitor, Oumaumua, had been detected in 2017. He was so strange that at least a renowned scientist had finally convinced himself that it was an extraterrestrial vessel – his theory has since been denied by research.
The second interstellar racing car, 2i/Borisov, was detected in 2019.
