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Comet Interceptor

@cometinterceptor.bsky.social

An ESA + JAXA mission to wait in space for a flyby of a dynamically new comet ☄️ Visit our official ESA website: https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Comet_Interceptor See our recent papers: www.cometinterceptor.space

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Dr. Nick Attree@nickattree.eurosky.social · 10mo ago

Excellent, I'll have to tell my intern! He's been doing great work on #comet ☄️ orbits perturbed by non-gravitational forces from their outgassing. We have already presented results to the @cometinterceptor.bsky.social team, and hopefully we will write a #PlanetaryScience paper on the subject!

European Commission@ec.europa.eu · 10mo ago

🙌🏼Today is International Interns Day! Do you remember your traineeship? 🚀 Internships are an opportunity to develop new skills, build friendships, gain professional experience, or even move to another EU country!

Visual showing that 78% of young Europeans have completed an internship, and that 21% of those internships took place in another EU country. The illustration depicts young people working together at a shared table, with items like laptops, notebooks, and pens to convey a collaborative work environment.
Comet Interceptor@cometinterceptor.bsky.social · last yr.

Hear from mission scientist Colin Snodgrass in his interview with @earthskyscience.bsky.social talking all things Comet Interceptor 🚀☄️

EarthSky@earthskyscience.bsky.social · last yr.

It seems we won't send a #spacecraft out to take a closer look at 3I/ATLAS because it would take too long to get such a mission ready to #launch. But what if we "parked" a spacecraft out in orbit, primed to chase after exciting objects like 3I/ATLAS as soon as we spot them? buff.ly/KER1qn7 📸 ESA.

Michele Bannister@astrokiwi.bsky.social · last yr.

Today on interstellar comet ☄️ 3I/ATLAS, this time from our team with ESO's VLT: the coma shows rich atomic nickel! This entirely natural metal emission from grains was only recently (last 4 yrs) identified in Solar System comets, was in 2I/Borisov, & now in 3I. 🔭🧪 Rahatgaonkar et al, ApJL submitted

VLT observations of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS II. From quiescence to glow: Dramatic rise of Ni I emission and incipient CN outgassing at large heliocentric distances

We report VLT spectroscopy of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS (C/2025 N1) from $r_{\rm h}\!\simeq\!4.4$ to $2.85$ au using X-shooter (300-550 nm, $R\!\simeq\!3000$) and UVES (optical, $R\!\simeq\!35k-...

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International Space Science Institute (ISSI)@issibern.ch · last yr.

Catching Comets for Planetary Defence! 🛡️✨ In her #TEDx talk, ISSI Discipline Scientist @kokotanekova.bsky.social is shining a brilliant light on one of the most daring missions in planetary science: ESA’s Comet Interceptor. ☄️ www.issibern.ch/catching-com... @esa.int @cometinterceptor.bsky.social 🔭

Catching Comets: Rosita Kokotanekova’s Vision for Planetary Defence and Discovery | International Space Science Institute

Listen to her engaging TEDxVitosha presentation, Dr. Rosita Kokotanekova, Planetary Science Discipline Scientist at ISSI.

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NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory@vrubinobs.bsky.social · last yr.

☄️ Say hello to Comet 3I/ATLAS, just the third interstellar object ever seen in our Solar System! NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory didn’t discover the comet, but even during testing, it caught a glimpse. Imagine what we'll find once full science operations begin later this year! 🔭🧪

Interstellar Object Comet 3I/ATLAS as seen by NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory!

☄️ Say hello to Comet 3I/ATLAS as seen by NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory! Comet 3I/ATLAS is just the third interstellar object ever spotted in our Solar System. Rubin Observatory didn’t discover it, but…

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Comet Interceptor@cometinterceptor.bsky.social · last yr.

🚀🚀 Could I have made it to interstellar object 3I/ATLAS? Find out in our latest research note! 🚀🚀 Analysis of Trajectories to 3I/ATLAS with a Comet Interceptor-like Spacecraft doi.org/10.3847/2515... via @ioppublishing.bsky.social

Analysis of Trajectories to 3I/ATLAS with a Comet Interceptor-like Spacecraft - IOPscience

Analysis of Trajectories to 3I/ATLAS with a Comet Interceptor-like Spacecraft, Sanchez, Joan Pau, Snodgrass, Colin

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