JWST
TopicJWST
Topic
THE REFINED FUEL: They Clocked the Exhaust of 3I/ATLAS at Closest Approach. Half Speed. Wrong Direction. And the Sulfur Is Gone.
A team in Spain just ran the most comprehensive chemical survey of the interstellar object ever attempted at closest approach to the Sun. What they found describes an engine, not a comet.
JWST’s mission statement: “Webb studies every phase in the history of our Universe, ranging from the first luminous glows after the Big Bang, to the formation of solar systems capable of supporting life on planets like Earth, to the evolution of our own Solar System.” Dumb question: its mission sounds purely astronomical in nature. So why classify ANY image or data set from a purely astronomical mission? 😏 https://t.co/nNz5aX5ipT
Paper one: methane isotope ratio 14x above the only comparable comet, 3x beyond the theoretical ceiling. The authors admit their models can't produce the number. Paper two: first pixel-by-pixel map of the coma showing species-dependent directional venting, a thermal inversion on the dark side, and gas acceleration beyond what any simulation predicts. Both papers explain the water distribution with icy grain sublimation. Neither cites the Tianwen-1 or Keck data proving those grains don't exist...
Two JWST papers from the same NASA team dropped the same day. The chemistry is 14x beyond any solar system comet and 3x beyond what any model can produce. Their own simulation can't reproduce the temperatures. And both papers explain the water with ice grains that were disproven by China and Hawaii two weeks before publication. Briefing #32 on this object from The Sentinel Network.
THE WEIGH-IN: We Published The Verdict on Tuesday. A Paper From the Day Before Had Already Killed the Comet Model.
Three physicists put 3I on a scale. The surface area needed to produce the water is bigger than the object itself.
