Objects that passed through the Solar System on unbound orbits and came from another star system, such as the first two confirmed examples, 'Oumuamua and Borisov. An object belongs here when its cited article calls it an interstellar object. Members are placed here from their own cited Wikipedia articles, each with a verbatim supporting quotation, so a reader can check why an entry sits in this group. The grouping forms part of the browse path for this section of the atlas.
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'Oumuamua (Wikipedia)
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1I/ʻOumuamua is the first confirmed interstellar object detected passing through the Solar System.
2I/Borisov (Wikipedia)
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2I/Borisov, originally designated C/2019 Q4 (Borisov), is the first observed rogue comet and the second observed interstellar interloper, after ʻOumuamua.
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