[en] Abstract
In order to facilitate interplanetary spacecraft observations of 3I/ATLAS, we have monitored and predicted the optical properties of its coma using both ground and space-based observations. Here, we describe how the data from space-based solar coronagraphs and the Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere mission enabled tracking of 3I/ATLAS’s optical magnitude throughout its entire perihelion passage, including the period between 2025 October 8 and 30, when it was not visible from Earth.
Disciplines :
Aerospace & aeronautics engineering
Author, co-author :
Eubanks, T. Marshall
DeForest, Craig E.
Walsh, Kevin J.
Porter, Simon
Lehmann, Thomas
Bills, Bruce G.
Hibberd, Adam
Blase, W. Paul
HEIN, Andreas ; University of Luxembourg > Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SNT) > SPASYS
