Comet 3I Atlas or C/2025 N1 is a third interstellar interloper after Oumuamua(2017) and 21/Borisov(2019). Atlas was discovered on July 1st 2025 at the Chile ATL Alert System station. It is making a close flyby (just within the orbit of Mars) on October 30th 2025, probably never to be seen again for millions or even billions of years.  It's coming in from the Sagittarius constellation near the galactic center in tropical Capricorn and will exit our system in tropical Cancer. With a 175.11 degree inclination to the ecliptic, comet Atlas has a retrograde orbit (travels backwards through the zodiac signs). Astrologically, most of us have it at 22 to 23 degrees tropical Capricorn. Below is an ephemeris or tables measuring comet Atlas' position through the tropical zodiac from 1800 AD to 2200 AD. The JPL Horizon website does not offer dates before or after this period perhaps because it is such a new object.
1800-2200AD UT or GMT 1800 Jul.01 20Cap47 1850 Jul.01 21Cap29 1900 Jul.01 22Cap10 1910 Jul.01 22Cap18 1920 Jul.01 22Cap26 1930 Jul.01 22Cap34 1940 Jul.01 22Cap42 1950 Jul.01 22Cap50 1960 Jul.01 22Cap57 1970 Jul.01 23Cap05 1980 Jul.01 23Cap11 1990 Jul.01 23Cap18 2000 Jul.01 23Cap22 2010 Jul.01 23Cap21 2020 Jul.01 22Cap42 2022 Jul.01 22Cap02 2024 Jul.01 19Cap08 2025 Jul.01 02Cap14 2025 Oct.30 perihelion 2026 Jul.01 15Can01 2027 Jul.01 09Can36 2030 Jul.01 06Can58 2040 Jul.01 06Can01 2050 Jul.01 05Can56 2100 Jul.01 06Can26 2200 Jul.01 07Can46
2024-26 Perihelion Breakdown What is this object that is only some 24 kilometers in size(the exact size is still unknown) and is traveling at phenomenal speeds? Astronomers say it's just a rock or asteroid but others are hinting that it may be a probe or ship to study or trigger certain events here on Earth. The timing is not random and certain esotericists say it coincides with our spiritual development or ascension process. Whatever the reason, it is an intriguing object worth studying.
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