3I/ATLAS lost roughly 1–7 meters of its surface and ~10^9–10^10 kg of mass during its Solar System passage, based on fits to observed gas production rates.
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Rubin Observatory delivers the earliest large-telescope astrometry and grizy photometry of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, including colors and a dust-to-nucleus cross-section ratio lower limit.
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Assessment of the Mass Loss and Radius Change of 3I/ATLAS Based on Observed Production Rates
3I/ATLAS lost roughly 1–7 meters of its surface and ~10^9–10^10 kg of mass during its Solar System passage, based on fits to observed gas production rates.
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NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory Observations of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS (C/2025 N1)
Rubin Observatory delivers the earliest large-telescope astrometry and grizy photometry of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, including colors and a dust-to-nucleus cross-section ratio lower limit.