“These were all discovered within the same month,” Dunn wrote on X.
Tony Dunn’s asteroid tracking post:
👉 https://x.com/tony873004/status/1973467071678914962
What It All Means
While the near-Earth asteroids were unrelated to 31/ATLAS, the timing highlights how interstellar comets and near-Earth objects need constant monitoring. One offers clues about alien chemistry, while the others remind us why planetary defense matters.
As Cordiner put it, “Interstellar objects give us a glimpse of how chemistry unfolds across the galaxy.”
