Comet 3I/ATLAS will approach Jupiter on March 16 next year. This was reported by the Solar Astronomy Laboratory of the Institute for Space Research (IKI) of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Calculations show that the comet will be a little more than 53 million kilometers from Jupiter. This will be the last close encounter with any planet in the solar system.
After passing Jupiter, 3I/ATLAS will head out into space, although it will stay inside the Solar System for a long time. Thus, the comet will only pass through Neptune's orbit in 2028.
Astronomer Surdin stated that there were no unusual phenomena during the course of comet 3I/ATLAS
Scientists note that the comet's transit of Jupiter is one of the most notable features of 3I/ATLAS's orbit, since according to probability theory, transits with the outer planets of the Solar System should not have occurred.
On November 25, it was reported that comet 3I/ATLAS will be able to approach Earth at a distance of 269 million km due to the non-gravitational acceleration that science believes is the result of cometary activity observed near the body.
Previously, NASA released photos of a mysterious interstellar object that had reached the solar system.
