3I/ATLAS COMET OR ALIEN MOTHER SHIP?
NASA Describes This Object as a Comet
Hubble captured this image of the interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS on July 21, 2025, when the comet was 1,127 million kilometers from Earth. Hubble reveals the comet to be a drop-shaped dust cocoon, appearing as a solid, icy structure. Image: NASA, ESA, David Jewitt (UCLA); Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI)
Comet 3I/ATLAS is the third known object from outside our Solar System to pass through our solar system. Astronomers have classified it as interstellar due to the hyperbolic shape of its orbital path (it does not follow a closed orbit around the Sun). When 3I/ATLAS’s orbit is traced back into the past, it is clear that the comet originates from outside our Solar System.
Comet 3I/ATLAS poses no threat to Earth and will remain at a distant distance. Closest approach to our planet will be approximately 1.8 astronomical units (about 170 million miles or 270 million kilometers). 3I/ATLAS will reach its closest approach to the Sun around October 30, 2025, at a distance of approximately 1.4 astronomical units (130 million miles or 210 million kilometers), just inside the orbit of Mars.
The interstellar comet’s size and physical properties are being studied by astronomers worldwide. 3I/ATLAS will be visible to ground-based telescopes until September 2025, after which it will pass too close to the Sun to be visible. It will reappear on the other side of the Sun in early December 2025, allowing for further observations.
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Source Web LINK:https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/comets/3i-atlas/
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