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Feasibility of the Phobos 1 Hypothesis for Dark Comet 1998 KY
Adam Hibberd, Adam Crowl, Abraham Loeb
The asteroid 1998 KY has been the subject of thorough observation, both optical and radar, from shortly following its discovery on 28 May 1998, through 2 further close appar…
Is the Dark Comet 1998 KY the Spacecraft Phobos 1?
Adam Hibberd, Adam Crowl, Carlos Gómez de Olea Ballester +1
Since the discovery of new kinds of celestial bodies known as , scientists have speculated about their ontology. A curious hybrid of comet and asteroid, these objects…
Catching 3I/ATLAS Using a Solar Oberth
Adam Hibberd, T. Marshall Eubanks, Andreas Hein
The third interstellar object to be discovered, 3I/ATLAS, has a unique and continually unfolding story to tell about its nature and origin as it is monitored by telescopes on Earth…
3I/ATLAS (C/2025 N1): Direct Spacecraft Exploration of a Possible Relic of Planetary Formation at "Cosmic Noon"
T. Marshall Eubanks, Bruce G. Bills, Adam Hibberd +7
The interstellar object 3I/ATLAS (also C/2025 N1 (ATLAS), henceforth, 3I), discovered by the ATLAS Chile telescope on 2025 July 1, was rapidly revealed to be the third known inters…
Intercepting 3I/ATLAS at Closest Approach to Jupiter with the Juno spacecraft
Abraham Loeb, Adam Hibberd, Adam Crowl
The interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is expected to arrive at a distance of million (~au) from Jupiter on March 16, 2026. We show that appl…
Is the Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS Alien Technology?
Adam Hibberd, Adam Crowl, Abraham Loeb
At this early stage of its passage through our Solar System, 3I/ATLAS, the recently discovered interstellar interloper, has displayed various anomalous characteristics, determined…