Piltdown Superman

Several planets, moons, and comets were known until 1801, then an asteroid was discovered. More space rocks were found in the late 20th century. Some scientists decided that since ere are so many of them, people should be watching for any that may crash into the earth. That would spoil a good day. ATLAS is a big part of sky scanning, and 3I/ATLAS is the name given to a certain object. At first, it was thought to be an asteroid. But the orbit is wrong, not gravitationally tied to the sun — it is an interstellar comet. Interstellar comet 3I / ATLAS by Hubble telescope, NASA , ESA, David Jewitt (UCLA) et al  (usage does not imply endorsement) A few years ago, the first interstellar visitor to our system, `Oumuamua, was discovered. Its cigar shape baffled people. One scientist and several others thought it and 3I/ATLAS may be alien spacecraft; the ideas are...truly bizarre. (Actually, the motion and behavior of comets — dirty snowballs —  is unpredictable and not fu...