The 3I/ATLAS object has too many anomalies to be just a comet. This was announced by Harvard University astrophysicist professor Avi Loeb.
"When these people say, 'If it moves like a comet, looks like a comet and behaves like a comet, then it's a comet,' they should ask a question about the observed anomalies," Loeb said.
According to him, doubts are caused, firstly, by the huge size of 3I/ATLAS. It is so massive that it is unclear how it is possible to "deliver such a gigantic body to the Solar System in just one decade."
The second anomaly is the plane of the planets, the astrophysicist notes.
"How to naturally "deliver" an object so that it enters this plane practically as an intelligence apparatus? To do this, we would have to observe hundreds of objects before at least one would be aligned with the plane of the ecliptic by only 5 degrees," he stressed.
Even now, the object "seems" to have an anti—tail - an elongated extension towards the Sun — this is the third anomaly.
"It's like you find a stray cat in your yard — everyone says it's an ordinary street cat, and his tail grows from his forehead, not from his back. We have never seen anything like this," added Loeb, quoted by Pool 3.
As EADaily reported, governments of different countries, without attracting attention, are preparing to meet the 3I/ATLAS space object, which is often called an "alien ship". This was written by the British Daily Star.