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Funding for this research was provided by:
National Science Foundation (AST-2303553)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (80NM0018D0004)
Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (PGC2021)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (HST-HF2-51530.001-A)
Simons Foundation (SFI-PD-Pivot Mentor-00009672)
Hertz Foundation (NA)
Science Fund of the Republic of Serbia (7453)
National Science Foundation (AST-2407205)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (HST-GO-17087)
National Science Foundation (1842402 and 2236415)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NN12AR55G)
Article Title: Discovery and Preliminary Characterization of a Third Interstellar Object: 3I/ATLAS
Journal Title: The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Article Type: paper
Copyright Information: © 2025. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society.
Publication dates
Date Received: 2025-07-07
Date Accepted: 2025-07-23
Online publication date: 2025-08-13