What do you think about 3I/ATLAS?

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Cagdas Arik avatar

What do you think about 3I/ATLAS ?

Tony Gondola avatar

The media has run amok with rampant speculation.

Aloke Palsikar avatar

My view is that it is an Interstellar comet ! Various media reports and some Harvard Professors like Avi Loeb have made some wild specualation of this being an Alien space ship etc. No evidence whatsover to support this claim. I think by early September to early October things will be clear as 3I/ATLAS becomes visible to ground telescopes across the world.

Craig Towell avatar

Very nice comet 10/10 would recommend

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