Comet 3I/Atlas: Divergent Insight and Explanation

Abstract

The “various anomalous characteristics determined from photometric and astrometric observations” that inspired thoughts that comet 3I/Atlas might represent alien other-world technology, when viewed from a perspicacious perspective, are not necessarily un-natural at all. The “anomalous characteristic” of nickel observed with little or no iron evokes a divergent insight and explanation that 3I/Atlas contains a mass of nickel silicide analogous to Earth’s nickel silicide inner core. The “anomalous characteristic” of 3I/Atlas’ collimated jet pointing directly at the sun begs the question of both energy source and collimating mechanism. The divergent insight and explanation for 3I/Atlas’ internal energy source may be an accumulation of uranium and radioactive waste products with a collimating mechanism that may have been produced in a manner analogous to the formation of kimberlite pipes. The anomalous characteristic of the unusual density of 3I/Atlas may be the consequence of the comet trapping material it encountered on its long sojourn through space. The main implication is that 3I/Atlas may represent part of a small-planet’s nickel silicide inner core, perhaps along with a portion of its nuclear fission georeactor assembly. From a pedagogical standpoint, the wide-spread media debate suggests that scientific understanding might be better served by wider diversification in scientific education curriculae.