Sharp Hubble Images Confirm 3I/Atlas as Comet

19 Brajeshwar 3 8/17/2025, 2:55:18 PM sciencealert.com ↗

Comments (3)

jdnier · 1h ago
Wait, so this object is going to pass quite close to Jupiter, Mars, and Venus? And the Juno probe, which was planned to be decommissioned soon anyway, could potentially be maneuvered to follow and get close to the object? Kind of uncanny and kind of a science fiction plot, but fun to think about.
Tuna-Fish · 10m ago
Avi Loeb is a crank who no-one should be taking seriously. Juno absolutely can not flyby 3I/Atlas. See this reddit thread: https://old.reddit.com/r/nasa/comments/1mkcli7/nasa_told_to_...
baggy_trough · 1h ago
The wikipedia article has orbit animations:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:3I_ATLAS_animation2.webm

It definitely gets surprisingly close to Mars and Jupiter.