Comments and images at source
*smh*
“The “Wow! Signal” was detected on August 15, 1977”
The day before Elvis died. Coincidence?
Comments at the source were well above my thinking which was “cool”.
Another outrageous interstellar spaceship claim by Avi Loeb - Ping
Earth has travelled ~300 AU (2 × 3.14 x 48) around the Sun since ‘77.
wow is also wow, when spelled backwards. Coincidence?
Being off by 4 degrees, millions of miles away, and 48 years ago….is a long distance to be off by.
So the answer is “no.”
I find articles like these fascinating even tho I don’t understand a word they are saying....LOL!
Meanwhile Ellie Arroway is still sitting in the same New Mexico radio telescope field for almost thirty years, wearing headphones and waiting, waiting, WAITING to hear her own interstellar “WOW!” signal.
>> Hence, the “Wow! Signal” was separated by approximately 4 degrees in RA and 8 degrees in Dec from the direction of 3I/ATLAS. <<
So, the answer is No.
4 and 8 degrees means “no way near” in astronomical terms.
>> The chance of two random directions in the sky being aligned to that level is about 0.6 percent.<<
And the chance that 4 degrees equals 0 degrees is 0 percent. However, the chance of finding something with a 0.6% probability among a hundred billion events is several hundred million.
Apollo era spacecraft transmitters were never very strong. The Apollo Command Module transmitter was only 5 watts. That is why those huge dish and horn ground station antennas were used. I imagine the telemetry transmitters and transponders on the boosters were not any stronger.
No.
New “coincidental” anomaly for 3I, on top of all of the other “coincidental” anomalies: It will or already had been it by a CME.
Only a few comets have ever been observed being hit by a CME. Its anti-tail should be blown away, and its nascent trail also blown away when the CME hits. The tail should reform quickly.
Next up is the 18 million mile approach to Mars; after that it is supposed to go behind the Sun on the 29th. We will not know what it does until a few days later, but it is supposed to head on for a close approach to Jupiter next March.
The coming days will indicate what sort of object it really is. But if its trip into the solar system is any indication - hold on to your hat, the ride may be bumpy.
-PJ