NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Could Intercept 3I/ATLAS as it Approaches Jupiter
arXiv:2507.21402v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is expected to arrive at a distance of $53.56(pm 0.45)$ million ${rm km}$ ($0.358pm 0.003$~au) from Jupiter on March 16, 2026. We show that applying a total thrust $Delta$V of $2.6755{{rm km~s^{-1}}}$ to lower perijove on September 9, 2025 and then execute a Jupiter Oberth Maneuver, can bring the Juno spacecraft from its orbit around Jupiter to intercept the path of 3I/ATLAS on March 14, 2026. A close fly-by…
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