[MtnClimber]

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[MtnClimber]

[Openurmind]

The closer it gets to the sun the longer the tail is going to get...

[Dacula]

Thank you for faithfully posting your Astronomy Picture of the Day. I always look forward to your pings.

[fruser1]

It has an interesting trajectory, coming in only slightly off the plane of the ecliptic and gets real close to Mars and Jupiter.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d0/3I_ATLAS_animation2.webm/3I_ATLAS_animation2.webm.720p.vp9.webm

[telescope115]

3I/Atlas was discovered on July 1st. In the movie Independence Day, the aliens showed up on July 2nd. Coincidence?…… When I first saw the movie, I thought to myself, “ it figures….”

July 2nd is my birthday….