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kentuck

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2. It is reportedly about the size of Manhattan...

Reply to FSogol (Reply #1)

Tue Aug 26, 2025, 12:47 PM

Aug 2025

...and twice as large as the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs. It is scheduled to pass Earth again in October and December. It is very unusual. It has no bright tail and is traveling very fast.

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Is anyone following 3I/Atlas? [View all] kentuck Aug 2025 OP

It's a Vogon Constructor Fleet, under orders of the Galactic Hyperspace Planning Council. They're building a hyperspace FSogol Aug 2025 #1

It is reportedly about the size of Manhattan... kentuck Aug 2025 #2

It's time to shed our containers shelshaw Aug 2025 #3

Especially the one in the White House, it's full of shit. marble falls Aug 2025 #30

Not "again" - it's about halfway between Mars' and Jupiter's orbits muriel_volestrangler Aug 2025 #8

Space vacuum Jupiter mr715 Aug 2025 #10

I heard that it's timing was unusual in that it got so close to 3 different planets. kentuck Aug 2025 #12

About 0.36 AU from Jupiter, 0.2 AU from Mars muriel_volestrangler Aug 2025 #13

Oh, I see what you mean! electric_blue68 Aug 2025 #22

Life on Mars will be wiped out LeftInTX Aug 2025 #23

TY, the vid electric_blue68 Aug 2025 #21

So the sky if falling, we need to tell the king! marble falls Aug 2025 #31

FTW! LearnedHand Aug 2025 #5

Theyre here for donald, they want him to help write poetry. Volaris Aug 2025 #26

I just hate when that happens, dammit. And I just pawned my firearm. It was neato, too .... marble falls Aug 2025 #32

This fits what is going on Blue Full Moon Aug 2025 #4

No it does not. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2025 #20

What a waste of a good education. How does he know what a planet's population does to escape to other star systems? marble falls Aug 2025 #29

Following, but there's such a crowd of wackadoos out there MineralMan Aug 2025 #6

It is really cool. mr715 Aug 2025 #7

I for one welcome our new 3I/Atlas overlords BoRaGard Aug 2025 #9

3I/ATLAS reality check HBguy Aug 2025 #11

Good to hear from an expert on this subject... kentuck Aug 2025 #14

Good information flamingdem Aug 2025 #15

Is it true that it does not have a tail like the "normal" comets? kentuck Aug 2025 #16

Comets don't normally develop tails until they're close enough to the sun DavidDvorkin Aug 2025 #25

Paranoid conspiracy babble. marble falls Aug 2025 #28

Thank you for the information. StarryNite Aug 2025 #17

Thanks. MineralMan Aug 2025 #18

Welcome to DU. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2025 #19

But the experts at the Enquirer and the New York Post sez .......... . marble falls Aug 2025 #27

Welcome to DU LetMyPeopleVote Aug 2025 #33

It's the end of the world as we know it... Earl_from_PA Aug 2025 #24