Capture of interstellar objects during stellar encounters

arXiv:2607.18551 · astro-ph.EP, astro-ph.GA, astro-ph.SR · Submitted 2026-07-20 · Read on arXiv

Sean N. Raymond, Nathan A. Kaib, Matthew J. Hopkins

astro-ph.EP, astro-ph.GA, astro-ph.SR

Submitted: 2026-07-20

Comments: 6 pages, 4 figures, accepted to Astronomy & Astrophysics

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• N-body simulations — 4× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Adam — 3× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Abundance — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Accuracy — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Alignment — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode

Sources

• Isotopic Evidence for a Cold and Distant Origin of the Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS
• There and back again: the quasi-interstellar objects
• High nitrogen and carbon isotopic ratios in the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS

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