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ATLAS

robotic astronomical survey system
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  • Comet 3I/ATLAS
    Comet 3I/ATLAS

    …by the robotic survey project Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) on July 1, 2025.

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    …by the robotic survey project Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) on July 1, 2025.

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  • Comparison of asteroid 2024 YR4 with various objects
    2024 YR4
    / Discovery, physical properties, and orbit

    …December 27, 2024, by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) telescope in Chile. The Y in the asteroid’s name indicates that it was discovered in the last half of December, and the R4 indicates that it was the 117th asteroid found in that period.

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    …December 27, 2024, by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) telescope in Chile. The Y in the asteroid’s name indicates that it was discovered in the last half of December, and the R4 indicates that it was the 117th asteroid found in that period.

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