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This file was selected as the media of the day for 18 December 2025. It was captioned as follows:
English: A video of the trajectory of the third interstellar object passing through the Solar system, 3I/ATLAS. It will be closest to Earth on 19 December, passing at a distance of 269 million km. As the video shows, its trajectory is closely aligned with the orbital planes of the Solar System's planets.
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English: A video of the trajectory of the third interstellar object passing through the Solar system, 3I/ATLAS. It will be closest to Earth on 19 December, passing at a distance of 269 million km. As the video shows, its trajectory is closely aligned with the orbital planes of the Solar System's planets.
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Annotated animation of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, moving through the inner Solar System