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Capture of interstellar objects during stellar encounters
Sean N. Raymond, Nathan A. Kaib, Matthew J. Hopkins
As they orbit within the Galaxy, stars swim through a vast population of interstellar objects (ISOs). In this paper, we use N-body simulations to show that a fraction of ISOs withi…
The evolution of exocomets and their source populations
Alexander J. Mustill, Tim Pearce, Michele Bannister +12
We review the current state of knowledge of the long-term evolution of the small bodies that give rise to comets and exocomets, as well as their reservoirs. The active cometary pha…
From a Different Star: 3I/ATLAS in the context of the Ōtautahi-Oxford interstellar object population model
Matthew J. Hopkins, Rosemary C. Dorsey, John C. Forbes +3
The discovery of the third interstellar object (ISO), 3I/ATLAS (`3I'), provides a rare chance to directly observe a small body from another Solar System. Studying its chemistry and…
NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory Observations of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS (C/2025 N1)
Colin Orion Chandler, Pedro H. Bernardinelli, Mario Jurić +305
We report on the observation and measurement of astrometry, photometry, morphology, and activityof the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS, also designated C/2025 N1 (ATLAS) with the NSF-…
The visibility of the Ōtautahi-Oxford interstellar object population model in LSST
Rosemary C. Dorsey, Matthew J. Hopkins, Michele T. Bannister +4
With a new probabilistic technique for sampling interstellar object (ISO) orbits with high efficiency, we assess the observability of ISOs under a realistic cadence for the upcomin…
Fast Radio Bursts and Interstellar Objects
Dang Pham, Matthew J. Hopkins, Chris Lintott +2
Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are transient radio events with millisecond-scale durations, and debated origins. Collisions between planetesimals and neutron stars have been proposed as…