1I/Exocomet

interstellar object detected passing through the Solar System. Formally designated 1I/2017 U1, it was discovered by Robert Weryk using the Pan-STARRS telescope

An exocomet, or extrasolar comet, is a comet outside the Solar System, which includes rogue comets and comets that orbit stars other than the Sun. The

after billions of years. Exocomets beyond the Solar System have been detected and may be common in the Milky Way. The first exocomet system detected was around

a star, such as certain asteroids and comets (including exoasteroids exocomets). In the latter case, the object may be called an interstellar interloper

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