Periheliul unei comete este punctul cel mai apropiat de Soare în orbita sa. La periheliu, cometa devine de obicei mai luminoasă și, uneori, vizibilă cu ochiul liber, pe măsură ce se apropie de Soare și se încălzește, degajând substanțe volatile care formează coada. Un exemplu este Cometa McNaught, care a atins periheliul în ianuarie 2007 și a devenit una dintre cele mai strălucitoare comete din ultimele decenii.
Semnalul care a fost detectat de curând este primul de acest fel dinspre cometa 3I/ATLAS, al treilea obiect interstelar înregistrat în ultimul deceniu. Semnalul a fost raportat de D.J. Pisano și colegii săi.
Prof. Avi Loeb, astrofizician la Harvard, a analizat descoperirea. El a subliniat că traiectoria cometei 3I/ATLAS este la doar 9 grade de direcția semnalului Wow! din 1977.
Semnalul Wow! a fost detectat pe 15 august 1977 de telescopul radio Big Ear al Universității de Stat din Ohio. Astronomul Jerry R. Ehman l-a descoperit analizând date colectate între 1965-1971.
Ce reprezintă semnalul radio de la 3I/ATLAS? Prof. Loeb explică: „Acest semnal de absorbție constituie prima detectare radio a 3I/ATLAS. Deci e doar o amprentă a moleculelor de apă descompunându-se pe cometă. Chimie cometară de bază. Nu e vreo șoaptă emisă de o inteligență extraterestră, oameni buni”.
Astfel, conform sursei Livescience, semnalul provine din procese chimice obișnuite pentru comete, nu de la o sursă extraterestră. Comportamentul neobișnuit al cometei 3I/ATLAS continuă să intrige experții, fiind atipic pentru o cometă.
Această descoperire adaugă noi informații despre obiectele interstelare care vizitează sistemul nostru solar, oferind oportunități pentru studii viitoare.
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