Space 01
How We Know 3I/ATLAS Is Interstellar: Orbit Math
3I/ATLAS has eccentricity 6.1 and leaves at 58 km/s. We compute its orbital energy, compare 'Oumuamua and Borisov, and show why no planet could fling it.
3I/ATLAS has eccentricity 6.1 and leaves at 58 km/s. We compute its orbital energy, compare 'Oumuamua and Borisov, and show why no planet could fling it.