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To: Woody who wrote (6345)12/4/2025 2:05:34 PM
From: Doug R  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 6356
 
"3I/ATLAS about a thousand times more massive than Borisov."

"3I/ATLAS is estimated to be over a million times more massive than 'Oumuamua."

"It is estimated to be over 33 billion tons."

I asked AI if its flyby of Mars possibly affected its orbit. Answer, not a chance.
"A gravitational impact would require a much closer passage, potentially within a few million kilometers, as estimated by some experts, such as in a paper by Avi Loeb and colleagues."

"3I/ATLAS passed Mars at a distance of about 29 million km (18 million miles)"
Pretty darn close but not quite close enough. Its speed also has a lot to do with it.

Atlas is really movin'.
"Comet 3I/ATLAS is moving at approximately 130,000 miles per hour (210,000 km/h), which is the fastest velocity ever recorded for a solar system visitor." (only the 3rd so far....all sorta coincidental with the entry of the galactic current sheet into our vicinity)

Oumuamua was 58,000 mph.
2I/Borisov was 76,000 mph.

Avi's only official communications on the interwebs: avi-loeb.medium.com
All others, youtube channels etc, are fake...AI generated. Some read the text from his page but the page is the source.