Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has passed closest to Earth and is moving into the outer solar system. About this report Space.com.
It should be noted that on December 19, 3I/ATLAS made its closest approach to Earth at a distance of 270 million km. He then began moving back to the far reaches of the solar system, eventually leaving it.
3I/ATLAS is the third object seen in the Solar System, arriving from interstellar space. Because of this, it is receiving increasing attention from scientists as an opportunity to study comet formation outside our system. At the same time, 3I/ATLAS has surprised scientists many times. Therefore, on October 29, astronomers discovered that the brightness of this object was higher than expected.
According to the announcement, the data collected using 3I/ATLAS will be useful to scientists in the long term.
