The intersteller comet Atlas is going to pass over Mars on Friday (October 03, 2025). This rare comet has caught the attention of special agencies around the world. This is the third intersteller body, which will pass through the closest to Mars. This distance will be about 3 crore kilometers (1.86 million mi).

Many aircraft are orbiting Mars with cameras to capture the scene of passing by Mars. NASA’s Psychy spacecraft, which is moving towards the asteroid 16, will see a glimpse of 3i/atlas soon after.

3i/atlas will reach ‘Jupiter’ after Mars

After passing by Mars, this comet will reach ‘Jupiter’. ESA’s Jupiter IC Moons Explorer (Juice) will monitor 3i/Atlas from 2 to 25 November. Meanwhile, the comet will reach the nearest point of the Sun, Perihelian. In this phase, solar heating makes the comet the most active and brighter.

Space agencies are fully prepared to record this rare astronomical event. The European Space Agency (ESA )’s Mars Express and Exomars Tres Gas Orbiter, when this comet passes near Mars, will observe it. At the same time, NASA’s Mars Reconancy Orbitter, which has a highrise camera, will also try to take pictures of high quality of this comet.

3i/Atlas traveling at such a speed

According to scientists, 3i/Atlas is traveling at a speed of about 130,000 mph (219,000 km/h). Its center is estimated to be less than 1 kilometer diameter. Scientists have also discovered that the rear of the comet has gases like carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide and water-water.

Since comet 3i/atlas will be very close to the Sun when viewed from the Earth at the time of the subcontinent (near the Sun), it will be difficult to see it safely from the earth. In such a situation, the spacecraft near Mars and Jupiter will give the best opportunity to see the texture and structure of this comet closely and well.

3i/atlas designed from normal comet

Harvard’s astronomer AV Loaib has expressed its possibility of being artificial due to some unusual features of this comet. However, most scientists agree that 3i/atlas is a naturally made internetous comet. The findings so far indicate that the texture of this comet can be different and more complicated than the normal comet of our solar system.

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