This could be a new interstellar object, the image is from November 3, at the moment it is called C/2025 V1, no comet tail has been observed either and one of the controversial things is that it comes from the constellation of Virgo, it is the same one as 3I/Atlas but they do not come together, 3I/Atlas has a completely different trajectory than this object, in fact, 3I/Atlas is moving away from the Sun and this object is getting closer.
The orbit of C2025 V1, which, if confirmed to be interstellar, would be called 4I/Borisov, because it would be the fourth interstellar object detected, is inclined at about 113 degrees with respect to the ecliptic plane and follows an orbital plane almost perpendicular to the orbit of 3I/Atlas.
Why are they both seen then in the constellation of Virgo? To clarify and although it may sound strange, we have to resort to the zodiac, Virgo is one of the 13 signs of the zodiac, yes, 13, because let's not forget poor Ophiuchus, which begins, by the way, on November 30 and ends on December 17, so those born on those dates would be Ophiuchs, I leave that for astrologers.
The interesting thing, the signs of the zodiac are the constellations that the sun visually crosses throughout the year, but in reality that is an optical effect that is caused by our movement, that of the Earth around the Sun, the sun, and the entire solar system, we are heading towards the constellation of Hercules at a speed of 20 km per second and we will pass about 18 light years from the star Vega, which is very luminous.
But the thing is that anything that is close to the sun will be in the same constellation or in the adjacent constellations where the Sun is, the Sun was found in Virgo until October 30 and the new discovery is going, that is, this new object is going towards the Sun, its perihelion will be on November 16, passing 69 million kilometers from the Sun, that is within the orbit of Venus and 3I/Atlas has been moving away from the sun since October 30, so It is logical that a few days ago both objects will be found visually in the same constellation of Virgo, which is where the Sun was until October 30.
It is almost confirmed that it is an interstellar object, verifying the orbital parameters, such as the eccentricity of the orbital, a very interesting point, with a value of 1.00958273, the important thing is that if it exceeds 1, it is not one of ours or if it is, it will be thrown out of the solar system, because in addition now it is at that limit in one, the problem is that there is a margin of error, we are right now waiting to have more precise data, if confirms, it would be called instead of C2025 V1, it would be 4I barisov, the fourth one also discovered by Barisov, if it were not interstellar it would also be in any case one of those found in the outer part of the Oort cloud, even so it would be a quite curious and rare object.
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