Harvard Scientist Comments on Mystery Object
Astronomers have discovered the third known interstellar object, 3I/ATLAS, entering our solar system.
According to NASA, 3I/ATLAS is classified as interstellar due to its hyperbolic orbital path, which means it does not follow a closed orbit around the Sun.
When the orbit of 3I/ATLAS is traced into the past, the comet clearly originates from outside our solar system.
Initial observations indicate that the object is a coma, a cloud of gas and dust, rather than a large asteroid. However, its speed of 130,000mph is too fast for it to be gravitationally bound by the Sun.
No one knows where the comet came from," said David Jewitt, the science team leader for the Hubble observations. "It’s like glimpsing a rifle bullet for a thousandth of a second.
A Harvard scientist notes that the object behaves like an 'extraterrestrial artefact'.
Author's summary: Astronomers discover a mysterious interstellar object.
- Object name: 3I/ATLAS
- Speed: 130,000mph
- Origin: Outside our solar system
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