2026-02-09 00:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-02-08)
INTERSTELLAR VISITOR: 3I/ATLAS
- Barycentric speed: 61.76 km/s (-0.03 km/s)
- Closest approach to Jupiter in: 35 days
🟠 Relative to Jupiter
- Distance (km): 209,470,094.51 km (-5,528,796.68 km)
- Distance (AU): 1.40 (-0.04)
- Light travel time: 11 min 38.74 s (-18.44 s)
🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance (km): 452,448,950.80 km (+6,334,602.91 km)
- Distance (AU): 3.02 (+0.04)
- Light travel time: 25 min 9.25 s (+21.13 s)
2026-02-08 00:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-02-07)
INTERSTELLAR VISITOR: 3I/ATLAS
- Barycentric speed: 61.79 km/s (-0.03 km/s)
- Closest approach to Jupiter in: 36 days
🟠 Relative to Jupiter
- Distance (km): 214,998,891.19 km (-5,539,396.60 km)
- Distance (AU): 1.44 (-0.04)
- Light travel time: 11 min 57.18 s (-18.48 s)
🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance (km): 446,114,347.90 km (+6,264,675.39 km)
- Distance (AU): 2.98 (+0.04)
- Light travel time: 24 min 48.12 s (+20.90 s)
2026-02-07 00:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-02-06)
INTERSTELLAR VISITOR: 3I/ATLAS
- Barycentric speed: 61.83 km/s (-0.03 km/s)
- Closest approach to Jupiter in: 37 days
🟠 Relative to Jupiter
- Distance (km): 220,538,287.79 km (-5,549,233.38 km)
- Distance (AU): 1.47 (-0.04)
- Light travel time: 12 min 15.66 s (-18.51 s)
🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance (km): 439,849,672.51 km (+6,192,550.04 km)
- Distance (AU): 2.94 (+0.04)
- Light travel time: 24 min 27.23 s (+20.66 s)
2026-02-06 00:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-02-05)
INTERSTELLAR VISITOR: 3I/ATLAS
- Barycentric speed: 61.86 km/s (-0.03 km/s)
- Closest approach to Jupiter in: 38 days
🟠 Relative to Jupiter
- Distance (km): 226,087,521.17 km (-5,558,520.47 km)
- Distance (AU): 1.51 (-0.04)
- Light travel time: 12 min 34.17 s (-18.54 s)
🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance (km): 433,657,122.47 km (+6,118,181.84 km)
- Distance (AU): 2.90 (+0.04)
- Light travel time: 24 min 6.57 s (+20.41 s)
2026-02-05 00:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-02-04)
INTERSTELLAR VISITOR: 3I/ATLAS
- Barycentric speed: 61.89 km/s (-0.03 km/s)
- Closest approach to Jupiter in: 39 days
🟠 Relative to Jupiter
- Distance (km): 231,646,041.64 km (-5,567,091.34 km)
- Distance (AU): 1.55 (-0.04)
- Light travel time: 12 min 52.71 s (-18.57 s)
🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance (km): 427,538,940.63 km (+6,041,523.48 km)
- Distance (AU): 2.86 (+0.04)
- Light travel time: 23 min 46.16 s (+20.15 s)
2026-02-04 00:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-02-03)
INTERSTELLAR VISITOR: 3I/ATLAS
- Barycentric speed: 61.92 km/s (-0.03 km/s)
- Closest approach to Jupiter in: 40 days
🟠 Relative to Jupiter
- Distance (km): 237,213,132.98 km (-5,575,370.38 km)
- Distance (AU): 1.59 (-0.04)
- Light travel time: 13 min 11.28 s (-18.60 s)
🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance (km): 421,497,417.15 km (+5,962,524.42 km)
- Distance (AU): 2.82 (+0.04)
- Light travel time: 23 min 26.01 s (+19.89 s)
2026-02-03 00:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-02-02)
INTERSTELLAR VISITOR: 3I/ATLAS
- Barycentric speed: 61.96 km/s (-0.03 km/s)
- Closest approach to Jupiter in: 41 days
🟠 Relative to Jupiter
- Distance (km): 242,788,503.36 km (-5,583,150.41 km)
- Distance (AU): 1.62 (-0.04)
- Light travel time: 13 min 29.88 s (-18.62 s)
🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance (km): 415,534,892.73 km (+5,881,130.00 km)
- Distance (AU): 2.78 (+0.04)
- Light travel time: 23 min 6.12 s (+19.62 s)
I'm not saying it's aliens: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18452427 #3IATLAS #InterstellarObject #OHSpectroscopy #MeerKAT #SETI #astrophysics #ComplexSystems #InformationTheory #StateMachines @setiinstitute @Astrodon
Consider: OH lines in 3I/ATLAS appear to show non‑Markovian behavior.
A turbulent coma shouldn’t remember an asymmetry for 12 days, invert it, gate a hyperfine line, and terminate at alignment.
Systems without memory don’t produce sequences.
Between 24 October and 18 December 2025, Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS was observed repeatedly in the OH 1665/1667 MHz lines by MeerKAT, with a final L‑band technosignature search performed by the Green Bank Telescope. Although each observation was published independently, the combined sequence forms a discrete, bounded episode: an initial asymmetric detection, a clean non‑detection, a rapid inversion of hyperfine line widths, a selective suppression event, a brief return to dual‑line emission, and a final null result. This paper examines the entire timeline through a protocol lens: a speculative exercise asking whether the published data are consistent with a finite‑state transmission sequence. No claim of artificiality is made; instead, the analysis highlights how the ordered structure of the observations resembles a preamble → guard interval → channel test → symbol state → termination pattern familiar from engineered communication systems.
2026-02-02 00:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-02-01)
INTERSTELLAR VISITOR: 3I/ATLAS
- Barycentric speed: 61.99 km/s (-0.03 km/s)
- Closest approach to Jupiter in: 42 days
🟠 Relative to Jupiter
- Distance (km): 248,371,653.77 km (-5,590,563.24 km)
- Distance (AU): 1.66 (-0.04)
- Light travel time: 13 min 48.50 s (-18.65 s)
🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance (km): 409,653,762.74 km (+5,797,281.12 km)
- Distance (AU): 2.74 (+0.04)
- Light travel time: 22 min 46.50 s (+19.34 s)
2026-02-01 00:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-01-31)
INTERSTELLAR VISITOR: 3I/ATLAS
- Barycentric speed: 62.02 km/s (-0.04 km/s)
- Closest approach to Jupiter in: 43 days
🟠 Relative to Jupiter
- Distance (km): 253,962,217.01 km (-5,597,720.68 km)
- Distance (AU): 1.70 (-0.04)
- Light travel time: 14 min 7.15 s (-18.67 s)
🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance (km): 403,856,481.62 km (+5,710,914.86 km)
- Distance (AU): 2.70 (+0.04)
- Light travel time: 22 min 27.16 s (+19.05 s)
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