Not sure on your point here, but you're right in a sense. It's an amazing opportunity for us, as a species, to understand more about our universe, galaxy and our place within it.
I do not doubt the scientific community will be beyond excited to study only the third confirmed interstellar object to visit our solar system. Not sure on your comment about them knowing "little", but a great opportunity to learn more about what they don't know, for sure.
I can only surmise you were being slightly ironic in your last paragraph given the contents of the one that proceeded it.
The scientific community are said to be baffled by the way that 3i atlas appears to be moving, ... but why are they so baffled?
Could it be that all of their modelling, data and analysis are based on previously known comets, all of which originated from within our own solar system? Why should anyone presume that previous data could be automatically read across to a travelling object from outside of our solar system?
Its quite possible that a newly discovered comet could be made up of something different from what we are used to seeing, and would behave quite differently as a result.
That's my best "guess" based on nothing but what ive read and the interviews ive listened to on line. But to me it sounds far more reasonable and believable than we are about to be visited by aliens.
But it remains a fantastic topic to follow, and im sure will amaze and educate the "experts" out there for years to come.
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