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Interstellar Object Discovered with Maui Telescope Gets Hawaiian Name: “ʻOumuamua”

The interstellar object that was discovered last month with the Pan-STARRS 1 telescope atop Haleakalā on Maui, now has a name — ʻOumuamua.

Asteroid to Make Close Halloween Flyby, Discovered by UH Telescope at Haleakalā

A large “near-Earth asteroid” named 2015 TB145, was discovered by scientists on Oct. 10, using the University of Hawaiʻi’s Pan-STARRS1 Telescope atop Haleakalā on Maui.

New Comet Found with Haleakala Pan-STARRS Telescope

The comet is expected to be visible to the naked eye in early 2013, when it will be about as far away as Mercury.