CeruleanBlueHeel
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Are others as fascinated by this interstellar object as I am? Avi Loeb, Harvard astrophysicist, has been studying and writing it regularly. Within is a recap of peculiarities of the object.
Today, October 3rd, it passes by Mars, meanwhile our Mars orbiters have been scrambled to photograph and record data as it passes by the next several days. Then the object moves into solar conjunction (it passes other side of the Sun) for next couple of months before it re-emerges into our Earth-bound view. October 29th, the object moves to perihelion (closest point to the Sun and its gravity), which is also the optimal time to perform an orbital maneuver to alter course and/or trajectory, however, our view will still be blocked by the Sun.
Fascinating stuff.
Today, October 3rd, it passes by Mars, meanwhile our Mars orbiters have been scrambled to photograph and record data as it passes by the next several days. Then the object moves into solar conjunction (it passes other side of the Sun) for next couple of months before it re-emerges into our Earth-bound view. October 29th, the object moves to perihelion (closest point to the Sun and its gravity), which is also the optimal time to perform an orbital maneuver to alter course and/or trajectory, however, our view will still be blocked by the Sun.
Fascinating stuff.