Posted on 11/21/2025 12:14:03 PM PST by MtnClimber
Explanation: Now outbound after its perihelion or closest approach to the Sun on October 29, Comet 3I/ATLAS is only the third known interstellar object to pass through our fair Solar System. Its greenish coma and faint tails are seen against a background of stars in the constellation Virgo in this view from planet Earth, recorded with a small telescope on November 14. But this interstellar interloper is the subject of an on-going, unprecedented Solar System-wide observing campaign involving spacecraft and space telescopes from Earth orbit to the surface of Mars and beyond. And while the comet from another star-system has recently grown brighter, you'll still need a telescope if you want to see 3I/ATLAS from planet Earth. It's now above the horizon in November morning skies and will make its closest approach to Earth, a comfortable 270 million kilometers distant, around December 19.
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Maybe it will land in December and take leftists to utopia where they will become alien food.
“To Serve The Left”
In other words, it is a sneak attack.
It came closer to hitting Mars than us..............
Not if it lands here and takes Pelosi and Schumer back home for probing experiments :)
Bring Elvis back; they get Pelosi & Schumer. If they want more, just ask us...
No alien spacecraft would want to land here now and try to take us out. Better for them to stand back and watch mankind destroy ourselves, much easier. Easier for them to take us over then. Or, maybe we can all become civilized and live together peacefully and the aliens can teach us something. Don’t know, have no idea I’ll be dead before any alien intervention anyway.
Though I read it was going to pass close by some probe out there and we would see some images close up?
The photos from Mars were not great.
LOL, we should be so lucky!
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