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Re:Interstellar Object 3I/Atlas Passed Mars Last Night by baggy_trough on Friday October 03, 2025 @06:22PM (#45468524)
Pretty likely if there are a lot of them!
Re:Interstellar Object 3I/Atlas Passed Mars Last Night by grues-dinner on Friday October 03, 2025 @06:27PM (#45468570)
Then I guess we'll see another one soon (unless we freak them out by noticing them and broadcasting about it!).

Once more survey telescopes like Nancy Grace Roman and Xuntian come online we'll increasingly find out how many there really are and I suppose if they seem to like buzzing the proverbial tower.

Re:Interstellar Object 3I/Atlas Passed Mars Last Night by 827a on Friday October 03, 2025 @09:52PM (#45469827)
In fact, we already have; that's why there's a 3 in its name.
Re:Interstellar Object 3I/Atlas Passed Mars Last Night by grues-dinner on Saturday October 04, 2025 @04:54AM (#45471828)
The other two didn't make a planetary close pass. As we see more of them, the statistical strangeness of the third one getting so close to Mars will fade. (Or, I suppose, they keep doing it and then we really will have a puzzle on our hands!)