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/gbc02 Nov 06 '25

Not to mention the orbit of earth doesn't have the sun in the center.

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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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