Maar waar komt die mysterieuze interstellaire komeet 3I/ATLAS vandaan?

Onze derde bekende interstellaire bezoeker, 3I/ATLAS, is de laatste tijd flink aanwezig in het nieuws. Luisteraar van deze podcast Chris vraagt zich af of we niet terug kunnen rekenen waar dit object vandaan komt.

Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System:

https://atlas.fallingstar.com/

JUICE and 3I/ATLAS: An Unexpected Encounter in Space:

https://www.mps.mpg.de/juice-and-3iatlas-an-unexpected-encounter-in-space

NASA’S STEREO Observes Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS:

https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/3iatlas/2025/11/19/nasas-stereo-observes-interstellar-comet-3i-atlas/

JWST detection of a carbon dioxide dominated gas coma surrounding interstellar object 3I/ATLAS:

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2508.18209

All The Real Science of 3I/ATLAS. The Ultimate Guide:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZWKAxFeNp8

The Kinematic Age of 3I/ATLAS and its Implications for Early Planet Formation:

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2507.08111

3I/ATLAS: In Search of the Witnesses to Its Voyage:

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.07678

Search for Past Stellar Encounters and the Origin of 3I/ATLAS:

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.03361

Thick disk:

https://astronomy.swin.edu.au/cosmos/t/thick+disk

Spying Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Near Perihelion:

https://www.universetoday.com/articles/spying-interstellar-comet-3iatlas-near-perihelion

Newly-Discovered Interstellar Comet is Billions of Years Older Than the Solar System:

https://www.universetoday.com/articles/newly-discovered-interstellar-comet-is-billions-of-years-older-than-the-solar-system

From a Different Star: 3I/ATLAS in the context of the Otautahi–Oxford interstellar object population model:

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2507.05318

Foto credit: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Shadow the Scientist.

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