5 papers
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…
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…
Project Lyra: Sending a Spacecraft to 1I/'Oumuamua (former A/2017 U1), the Interstellar Asteroid
Andreas M. Hein, Nikolaos Perakis, T. Marshall Eubanks +5
The first definitely interstellar object 1I/'Oumuamua (previously A/2017 U1) observed in our solar system provides the opportunity to directly study material from other star system…