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3i/AtlasYes, interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is older than the Solar System
https://atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug=yes-interstellar-comet-3iatlas-is-older-than-the-solar-system
<p>Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has an ancient age, but not for the reason most commonly touted
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astropicSmooth Ground on Rosetta Destination Comet
A patch of relatively smooth ground on the nucleus surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko appears in this image taken by the navigation camera on the European Space Agency Rosetta spacecraft in October 2014.
More: https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA18868
Credit: ESA/Rosetta/NAVCAM
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Where are we now?2026-07-01 04:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-06-30)
☄️169P/NEAT
- Barycentric speed: 29.39 km/s (+0.16 km/s)
- Perihelion in: 82 days
- Closest approach to Earth in: 41 days
- Brightness (Mag): 16.14 (-0.07)
- Visibility: Both hemispheres | Medium telescope | Dark sky
🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance (km): 77,859,444.04 km (-1,969,544.71 km)
- Distance (AU): 0.52 (-0.01)
- Light travel time: 4 min 19.72 s (-6.57 s)
2026-07-01 04:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-06-30)
☄️10P/TEMPEL 2
- Barycentric speed: 30.48 km/s (+0.03 km/s)
- Perihelion in: 31 days
- Closest approach to Earth in: 33 days
- Brightness (Mag): 13.80 (-0.03)
- Visibility: Both hemispheres | Small telescope | Dark sky
🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance (km): 75,828,418.45 km (-808,223.06 km)
- Distance (AU): 0.51 (-0.01)
- Light travel time: 4 min 12.94 s (-2.70 s)
2026-07-01 04:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-06-30)
☄️88P/HOWELL
- Barycentric speed: 26.99 km/s (-0.07 km/s)
- Perihelion - occured
- Closest approach to Earth in: 100 days
- Brightness (Mag): 15.52 (+0.01)
- Visibility: Both hemispheres | Medium telescope | Dark sky
🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance (km): 282,719,030.98 km (-388,908.15 km)
- Distance (AU): 1.89 (-0.00)
- Light travel time: 15 min 43.08 s (-1.30 s)