# Jewitt 2025: Pre-perihelion Development of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

> David Jewitt, Jane Luu, 2025. 2 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Jewitt, D., Luu, J. 2025. Pre-perihelion Development of Interstellar Comet…

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# Pre-perihelion Development of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

David Jewitt, Jane Luu, 2025. _ApJL 994, L3_.

NOT photometry 4.6-1.8 au: index n=3.8+/-0.3; dust production 180 kg/s at 2 au (2I: 70 kg/s); dominant grains ~0.1 mm ejected at ~5 m/s.

**3I/ATLAS** Articledoi: **[10.3847/2041-8213/ae1832](https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ae1832)** 0

## Cited by on this site 2 records

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## Cite it

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Jewitt, D., & Luu, J. (2025). Pre-perihelion Development of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS. ApJL 994, L3. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ae1832
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[Read it free at arxiv.org](https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.18769)

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