3 papers
astro-ph.EP2026
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…
astro-ph.EP2025
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…
astro-ph.EP2025
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…