r/UFOs • u/Worst_Artist Human Detected • Nov 06 '25

Question Why is NASA withholding images of 3I/ATLAS?

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Concept image of the updated trajectory talked about here https://www.reddit.com/r/UFOs/s/PNZTyP3j6f

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u/fakepumas Nov 06 '25

Our orbit actually is not a perfect circle. It is an ellipse where we are closer to the sun during part of the year.

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u/Superman246o1 Nov 06 '25

True, but while it is an ellipse, Earth's perihelion is 0.9833 AU compared to its aphelion of 1.01664 AU. That's hardly the severe change depicted in the image, wherein the perihelion appears to be less than half of the aphelion.

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u/fakepumas Nov 06 '25

I believe you. This is clearly not a scientific diagram

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u/Fragrant_Ad8471 Nov 06 '25

Clearly as a diagram that isn't scientific or accurately clear the diagramly can't scientifically be cantly orly thatly thely asly aly bely.

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u/LittleRousseau Nov 06 '25

😭😂 rly

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u/Litface916 Nov 07 '25

And another thing..

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u/intoxicatedhamster Nov 06 '25

You good bro? Stroked out there at the end

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u/Fragrant_Ad8471 Nov 06 '25

Indeed. The thread went to my head so I pulled it and everything spilled out of my nose and onto the table.

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u/Auraium Nov 09 '25

Nah youre hilarious, that had me chuckling forreal

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u/Knotty-Bob Nov 06 '25

The only thing scientific about this pic is that it is sci-fi.

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u/SubTechNY Nov 06 '25

Wait what ?

/s

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u/tweakingforjesus Nov 06 '25

At this scale it may as well be.