The Verdict
A publication by The Sentinel asserting that 3I/ATLAS is a machine and the surface is not producing the water.
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- The Sentinel
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- Briefing
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- Unclassified
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- 2026-03-19
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Probed ingest of: THE WEIGH-IN: We Published The Verdict on Tuesday. A Paper From the Day Before Had Already Killed the Comet Model.
The Sentinel says the Thoss, Loeb, and Burkert paper undermines a high-water surface model for 3I/ATLAS because the required active area would exceed the object’s inferred size. 
