Overview
- NASA scheduled a Greenbelt, Maryland briefing today to release telescope and spacecraft imagery, with Amit Kshatriya and Nicola Fox set to discuss the object.
- Live views from Italy’s Virtual Telescope Project showed a bright coma and distinct tail, with astronomer Gianluca Masi asserting the object is unequivocally a comet.
- India’s PRL reported November 12–15 observations from Mount Abu, capturing a near-circular coma and spectra with CN, C2 and C3 bands typical of comets.
- Spectroscopic reports describe carbon dioxide, water-related molecules, carbon monoxide, cyanide and notable nickel, aligning 3I/ATLAS with known comet chemistry.
- NASA says there is no threat to Earth, with a closest approach of about 170 million miles expected in roughly a month as the object departs the solar system.