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arXiv Open Access 2025

Intercepting Interstellar Objects

Colin Snodgrass Marina Galand Arnaud Beth Charlotte Goetz Abbie Donaldson +1 lainnya
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We describe how the ESA Comet Interceptor mission, which is due to launch in 2028/29 to a yet-to-be-discovered target, can provide a conceptual basis for a future mission to visit an Interstellar Object. Comet Interceptor will wait in space until a suitable long period comet is discovered, allowing rapid response to perform a fast flyby of an object that will be in the inner Solar System for only a few years; an enhanced version of this concept could realistically provide the first in situ investigation of a visitor from another star system.

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astro-ph.IM astro-ph.EP

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Colin Snodgrass

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Marina Galand

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Arnaud Beth

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Charlotte Goetz

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Abbie Donaldson

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Cyrielle Opitom

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Snodgrass, C., Galand, M., Beth, A., Goetz, C., Donaldson, A., Opitom, C. (2025). Intercepting Interstellar Objects. https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.00492

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