6/5/26
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It is natural for both interstellar matter and intraheliospheric mass redistributions to create new structural units and processes in the interplanetary domains. They are mostly observed in the structured formation of extended systems of magnetic plasma clouds, and an increased frequency of the generation of shock waves; and their resulting effects.
– Dr. Alexey N. Dmitriev “Planetophysical State of the Earth and Life” (1997) as reproduced by James McCanney in appendix (Principia Meteorologia, The Physics of Sun Earth Weather, 2nd printing, 2004, p. 253) emphasis added
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Comet 3I/ATLAS is no longer news. It has long passed Jupiter, but it is also slowing down considerably. It is possible that it will lose escape velocity and become a permanent member of our solar system, and return as something else in future years. We shall see.
Whether it does or not, its entourage remains with us: at least nine companions and perhaps much else in the way of space debris, asteroidal fragments, and a plasma trail.
Observers stand in wonder at the continued shower of bolides (many of them with a greenish-bluish hue) and meteors which suggest Earth has entered a new interplanetary environment. Few have made that causal connection. Comets are supposed to be harmless space visitors, after all, dirty snowballs which pose no threat to our world.
We have learned, however, that the regular orbits of the planets tend to clear out space debris and gases as time goes on. But when comets pass through with their unusual and often parabolic orbits, they bring behind them a trail of debris and gases which “contaminate” the orbital path of a respective planet.
In Earth’s case, not only did it pass through the orbital path recently visited by Comet 3I/ATLAS, but it also encountered the plasma tail of Comet PANSTARRS just weeks ago. Earth has captured some of this debris and has made them a part of Earth’s orbital environment.
Almost no one is discussing this, most scientists assuming that these artifacts are harmless. After all, our astronauts have visited outer space on numerous occasions and have returned with no ill effects. Yet, strangely, these very same scientists often fret about the melting ice caps and the release of methane and other poisons which might contain prehistoric diseases that have been long dormant in these environments.
Other than the obvious theater that is our space program, the reader should keep in mind that these space encounters have a delayed effect, and in the case of “diseases from space” in the form of proto-viral fragments and poisonous gases, it has been noted that it can take as long as ten years before these become a bio-hazard for Earth dwellers . . . but sometimes earlier.
As for the “black star” which started this series, I have come to the conclusion that we are witnessing the combined effects of Ben Davidson’s “galactic current sheet” and the early effects of Comet B-B which – while it will never come as close as Saturn’s orbit – nonetheless, because it is “a thousand times” larger than Comet 3I/ATLAS, it will have an impact on the entire solar system. It effloresced early and we should expect that even now it will have an electromagnetic connection to the Sun which will generate unpredictable turbulence.
These effects seem to have contributed to unusual auras and Earth meteorology which have become almost daily fare for discussion. “What do you think of the weather we are having?” will become a question of earnest concern as time goes on.
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This is our last installment in this series, but certainly not the end of our scientific investigations which will continue under different titles on this website.
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