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We've got another nice recording of Comet 3I/Atlas!
This visitor continues to confound the experts because of several peculiarities it possesses. In this SpaceWeather article, two are mentioned ~ the carbon dioxide-rich ratio and the Sun-loving tail. Here's what they said about the tail:
Normal comet tails are blown away from the sun by solar wind and radiation pressure. 3I/ATLAS’s tail points toward the sun--a twist that astronomers don't fully understand.
There's still no clear indication of its size although Nasa (Never A Straight Answer) says that Hubble images have enabled them to make this estimate:
The upper limit on the diameter of the nucleus is 5.6 kilometers, though it could be as small as 320 metres across, researchers report.
Meanwhile, Gregorio M Vigilante del Sol has some fascinating images of our Sun:
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