20 August 2021
"Weird" comet ATLAS may be a remnant of an ancient visitor
...breakup last year. By mid April, it was confirmed that comet ATLAS had fragmented into at least 25 - 30 pieces each roughly ... the piece apart like an exploding aerial firework. "Comet ATLAS's behavior is interesting but hard to explain." Ye concludes...
15 May 2020
An unexpected meeting could see Solar Orbiter study Comet ATLAS
... tail crossing by an active spacecraft carrying appropriate instrumentation for the detection of cometary material,” say the trio. Comet ATLAS will reach its nearest point to Earth on 23 May and come to perihelion (closest to the Sun) on 31 May, 2020...
