Tianwen-1 provided the first out-of-plane imaging of 3I/ATLAS, indicating large dust grains (hundreds of micrometers) ejected at 3-10 m/s with steady-state outflow and a mass loss rate of about 1000 kg/s.
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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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Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS Observed from Mars by China's Tianwen-1 Spacecraft
Tianwen-1 provided the first out-of-plane imaging of 3I/ATLAS, indicating large dust grains (hundreds of micrometers) ejected at 3-10 m/s with steady-state outflow and a mass loss rate of about 1000 kg/s.
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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.