Interstellar Visitor Found to Be Unlike a Comet or an Asteroid

[Binary_Bark]

Like a hit-and-run driver who races from the scene of a crash, the interstellar guest known as ’Oumuamua has bolted out of the solar system, leaving confusion in its wake. Early measurements seemed to indicate that it was an asteroid — a dry rock much like those found orbiting between Mars and Jupiter. Then by this past summer, astronomers largely came around to the conclusion that it was instead a comet — an icy body knocked out of the distant reaches of a far-off planetary system.

Now a new analysis has found inconsistencies in this conclusion, suggesting that ’Oumuamua may not be a comet after all. Whether it’s actually a comet or an asteroid, one thing is clear: ’Oumuamua is not quite like anything seen before.

More At: https://www.quantamagazine.org/interstellar-comet-oumuamua-might-not-actually-be-a-comet-20181010/

 

[Ninja'd]

 

[Drifter]

Yeah, they came close, spotted Juliaas and GTFO of here.

 

[Kosmik]

You know every time I see that meme I think, "Damn! I need to watch that show."

 

[mercurial]

You know every time I see that meme I think, "Damn! I need to watch that show."

Don't. Unless you want some comedic relief.

 

[Kosmik]

Don't. Unless you want some comedic relief.

That. Like watching a car crash, you know you shouldn't but you ....just.....can't... help ... it.

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

if its not a comet or an asteroid, then what else can it be?

 

[Binary_Bark]

if its not a comet or an asteroid, then what else can it be?

It's the grey's

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

It's the grey's

oh good, time to rip off my human skin then.

time to show my true alien form.

 

[pinball wizard]

oh good, time to rip off my human skin then.

time to show my true alien form.

I always thought aliens would be smarter than us.

 

[Binary_Bark]

Spitzer Space Telescope sheds new light on 'Oumuamua ... by not being able to see it

NASA has released new findings about 'Oumuamua, the first interstellar object to be seen visiting the Solar System. The findings based on observations by the Spitzer Space Telescope put a limit on 'Oumuamua's size, but ironically it was the inability of the instrument to detect 'Oumuamua that led to the discovery.

When 'Oumuamua (Hawaiian for "visitor from afar arriving first") was first detected on October 19, 2017 by the University of Hawaii's Pan-STARRS 1 telescope on Haleakala and then plotted as part of a NASA survey to identify near-Earth objects, it was regarded as as just another comet. However, it didn't act much like a comet and its light curve was more like that of an asteroid.

More At: https://newatlas.com/spitzer-space-telescope-oumuamua/57278/

 

[Magnum]

Someone was playing 10 Pin bowling with us. Came damn close to knocking us over as well...

 

[Nobody Important]

I think it was a link from one of the chains that hoists the moon up from behind the gate in Antarctica. It must have broken off because of the weight and then got flung away at high speed due to the tension. Yes that must be it.