3I/ATLASEvidence
Evidence · 3I/ATLAS
An orbit close to the planets' plane, passing near three of them
Hibberd, Crowl and Loeb put the chance of an orbit this close to the ecliptic passing near Venus, Mars and Jupiter at below about 0.005 per cent, and Eldadi and colleagues rated 3I 4 on a 0-10 significance scale.
What it means
Openunchanged
Still possibleunchanged
What it implies
- A coincidence argument; it does not by itself distinguish design from chance among many possible coincidences.For the key question: Is 3I/ATLAS a natural comet or a technological object?
Sources 3
Is the Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS Alien Technology?
SRCHibberd et al. 2025
Quantitative Mapping of the Loeb Scale
SRCTrivedi 2025
The Loeb Scale: Astronomical Classification of Interstellar Objects
SRCEldadi et al. 2025
Cite it
Mysteries Department. (2026). An orbit close to the planets' plane, passing near three of them [Evidence EVD0DFQ54HVJ0KF]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DFQ54HVJ0KF
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title = {An orbit close to the planets' plane, passing near three of them},
author = {{Mysteries Department}},
year = {2026},
note = {Evidence, catalog key EVD0DFQ54HVJ0KF},
url = {https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DFQ54HVJ0KF}
}