3 i Atlas

[KKLoco]

We will have to wait till Dec, 19 to get the best photos as 3I/Atlas will be closest to earth?

Yep. And it will come from amateur astronomers telescopes, and not NASA.

I'll be one of those amateurs posting what I find.

[KKLoco]

Wow, you answered allllll my questions! Thank you!

He definitely answered you. Doesn't mean what he said is correct. Ahhh the hubris of humans.....

[Quantum12]

He definitely answered you. Doesn't mean what he said is correct. Ahhh the hubris of humans.....

lol! Right!

[Roma]

lol! Right!

Ah, some folks will believe it's a comet right until the time it parks on our doorstep.

[Quantum12]

Ah, some folks will believe it's a comet right until the time it parks on our doorstep.

Or it launched some spy bots behind the sun.

[quintessentone]

I am waiting for more spectrography analysis when "it" reaches Jupiter from ESA's Jupiter Icy Moon Explorer (Juice) equipment.

In the meantime, Loeb thinks this:

"Dr Loeb claimed: ‘The rare coincidence might mean that 3I/ATLAS intends to release technological devices as artificial satellites of Jupiter, potentially at Jupiter’s Lagrange points L1 and L2.’"

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"March 16, 2026
The interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is expected to approach Jupiter on March 16, 2026. It will be closest to Jupiter at a distance of approximately 53.56 million kilometers (0.358 AU). This encounter may provide opportunities for further exploration and study of the object"

Is 'alien' comet 3I/ATLAS now targeting Jupiter? Harvard scientist lists 13 anomalies | News Tech | Metro News

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So it would rather study Jupiter than us.

How convenient that Juice will be able to take pics of any satellites 3i Atlas may put into Jupiter's orbit.

[imitator]

I am waiting for more spectrography analysis when "it" reaches Jupiter from ESA's Jupiter Icy Moon Explorer (Juice) equipment.

In the meantime, Loeb thinks this:

"Dr Loeb claimed: ‘The rare coincidence might mean that 3I/ATLAS intends to release technological devices as artificial satellites of Jupiter, potentially at Jupiter’s Lagrange points L1 and L2.’"

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"March 16, 2026
The interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is expected to approach Jupiter on March 16, 2026. It will be closest to Jupiter at a distance of approximately 53.56 million kilometers (0.358 AU). This encounter may provide opportunities for further exploration and study of the object"

Is 'alien' comet 3I/ATLAS now targeting Jupiter? Harvard scientist lists 13 anomalies | News Tech | Metro News

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So it would rather study Jupiter than us.

How convenient that Juice will be able to take pics of any satellites 3i Atlas may put into Jupiter's orbit.

I like the idea that it could be a Von Neumann probe... which scouts out an entire galaxy by creating duplicates of itself, it could explore every solar system in the Milky Way in less than a million years.

The Angry Astronaut throws a few theories at it, including the Von Neumann probes.

Two spooky discoveries prove that NASA is wrong about 3I Atlas!

[LSU2018]

Ah, some folks will believe it's a comet right until the time it parks on our doorstep.

We could only be so lucky...

[Quantum12]

We could only be so lucky...

Yes lucky! You are back! Nice!

[LSU2018]

Yes lucky! You are back! Nice!

When I changed jobs after 16 years, I didn't have a lot of time for our old forum. When I finally did, it was gone. I did a lot of searching and finally came across here. Glad to be back, I've missed everyone.