# David Jewitt · Person

> UCLA astronomer; led the first Hubble observations, which limited the nucleus radius to below 2.8 km. In 3I/ATLAS.

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# David Jewitt

UCLA astronomer; led the first Hubble observations, which limited the nucleus radius to below 2.8 km

[3I/ATLAS](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/3i-atlas)[1 event][2 sources]

David Jewitt is a UCLA astronomer, and appears in the record of 3I/ATLAS as UCLA astronomer; led the first Hubble observations, which limited the nucleus radius to below 2.8 km.

One event on the site involves Jewitt: Hubble limits the nucleus to under 2.8 km (21 Jul 2025).

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## In the mysteries

**3I/ATLAS**

UCLA astronomer; led the first Hubble observations, which limited the nucleus radius to below 2.8 km · 1 event · 1 source

[The mystery ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/3i-atlas)

## What David Jewitt did 1

21 Jul 2025[Hubble limits the nucleus to under 2.8 km](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/3i-atlas/events/EVT0DFQ70AS3CXZ/hubble-limits-the-nucleus-to-under-2-8-km)

with [NASA](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/3i-atlas/organisations/ORG0DFQ70ARX22D/nasa) · [European Space Agency](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/3i-atlas/organisations/ORG0DFQ70ARZRD6/european-space-agency)

## Organisations 2

[NASA](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/3i-atlas/organisations/ORG0DFQ70ARX22D/nasa)

ORG

[European Space Agency](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/3i-atlas/organisations/ORG0DFQ70ARZRD6/european-space-agency)

ORG

## Sources 2

[Hubble Space Telescope Observations of the Interstellar Interloper 3I/ATLAS](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CSKBDK04FD6/hubble-space-telescope-observations-of-the-interstellar)

SRC

[Pre-perihelion Development of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DFPWGSFB68R/pre-perihelion-development-of-interstellar-comet-3i-atlas)

SRC

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). David Jewitt [Person FIG0DFQ70ARZX30]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/FIG0DFQ70ARZX30
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UCLA astronomer; led the first Hubble observations, which limited the nucleus radius to below 2.8 km

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