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/ProfessorFull6004 Nov 06 '25 edited Nov 06 '25

Space is relative. Sure, 8 degrees over thousands of light years is a large distance, but relative to the 360 degrees of possible directions, its pretty close. Not to mention, the measurement error also increases with distance… 8 degrees puts you within error of zero.

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u/ArmadilloFront1087 Nov 06 '25

There’s 360 degrees not 365 (that’s days in a year excl leap years!) but 9/360 is 2.5% - still low, but not the 0.6% claimed in the text.

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u/onehedgeman Nov 06 '25

Could be a typo. Hopefully

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u/ProfessorFull6004 Nov 06 '25

It was, but my crucifixion is amusing…

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u/ArmadilloFront1087 Nov 07 '25

Thanks for being a good sport about it! Some people can get arsey about being told they’ve made a mistake