3I/ATLASEvidence
Evidence · 3I/ATLAS
Jets line up with the acceleration
Of three persistent jets seen after perihelion, one lay within half a degree of the projected transverse direction of the acceleration on 30 November 2025.
What it means
Openunchanged
Answer this evidence bears onGas escaping from the nucleus, as on any active comet
Supports3 for, none against
Still possibleunchanged
What it implies
- The jets could be the source of the push's sideways components.For the key question: What pushes 3I/ATLAS off a purely gravitational path?
Next steps 1
1
Watch the JPL orbit for JWST program 13145
Adds evidenceGood odds~2 h
24score
Details
JPL solution 55 was made to support JWST program 13145 and uses observations to 16 October 2026. Compare the next solutions: an acceleration that stays at zero far out on the outbound leg supports outgassing; one that persists would not.
Ranked by how likely each is to move the key question, for the time it takes
Sources 2
Pre-perihelion detection of a wobbling high-latitude jet in the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS
SRCSerra-Ricart et al. 2025
Cite it
Mysteries Department. (2026). Jets line up with the acceleration [Evidence EVD0DFQ4KSH16TV]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DFQ4KSH16TV
@misc{mysteriesdept_evd0dfq4ksh16tv,
title = {Jets line up with the acceleration},
author = {{Mysteries Department}},
year = {2026},
note = {Evidence, catalog key EVD0DFQ4KSH16TV},
url = {https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DFQ4KSH16TV}
}