Interstellar Objects · 1
Candidate Interstellar Objects
Objects proposed to be interstellar but not confirmed — kept strictly separate from the confirmed objects, each with an explicit uncertainty note.
- CNEOS 2014-01-08Debated origin
A bright meteor (bolide) that entered Earth's atmosphere near Papua New Guinea on 8 January 2014, recorded in NASA CNEOS's fireball database. From the reported high velocity it was proposed in 2019 to have originated outside the Solar System, which would make it a candidate interstellar meteor. The claim is disputed: the underlying velocity data come from US Government sensors whose uncertainties are not public, and the interstellar interpretation is not accepted by the wider community. It is not a confirmed interstellar object.
- Discovered
- 2014-01-08