Comet 3i/Atlas velocity 61 kilometers per second, it does not threaten Earth: Nasa

New -delhi, October 4 (IANS). According to the US space agency Nasa, the rare comet 3i/Atlas, which passes at a speed of 61 kilometers per second of the solar system, posed no threat to the earth. Comet 3i/Atlas is the third known body discovered outside our solar system, before ‘Oumuamua’ (in 2017) and 2i/Borisov (in 2019) was discovered. The letter ‘eye’ means ‘interlear’, which shows that this body came from outside our solar system. It is the third known internet body, so it is called ‘3’ in its name. It was first discovered by Survey Telescope, a recording telescope, an atlas funded by the survey (asteroid nature-influenced system) funded by NASA in Rio Hartado, Chile. This observed the Small Planet Center of Comet 3i/Atlas on July 1, 2025. According to Nasa, this rare comet travels at a very fast pace, but there is no danger to us. The US space agency said: “When it was discovered, the internal comet traveled at a speed of about 137,000 km / h (221,000 km per hour or 61 km per second), and as it would come near the sun, its velocity would increase as it got close to the sun.” The 3i/Atlas is expected to arrive at the nearest point of the sun at about October 30, which will be about 21 million kilometers just within the orbit of Mars. Nasa said: “Comet 3i/Atlas is no threat to the earth and it will remain far from the earth. It will be about 1.8 astronomical units (about 17 million miles or 27 million kilometers) near our planet.” The space agency, which monitors the comet through its various spacecrafts, including the Hubble, Web and Safarex, confirmed that there is no danger that this internal body collides with the earth. It goes further, “Although the projection path of this body brings it to the inner solar system, it will not come close to the earth. Since the comet 3i/Atlas goes through the solar system, it will not get closer than 1.8 astronomical units (about 17 million miles or 27 million kilometers) of our planet.” The comet will pass behind the sun at the end of October and pass by Jupiter in March 2026 and leave our solar system. -Ians kr/