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'Oumuamua latest

  • 07-11-2018 4:49pm
    #1
    mickmackey1
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,288 ✭✭✭


    So these professional astronomers are the first to stick their neck out and associate 'Oumuamua with aliens:

    https://arxiv.org/abs/1810.11490


    A solar lightsail seems too much of a stretch but it's at the very least a statistically anomalous object.


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  • #2
    JupiterKid
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 12,564 Mod ✭✭✭✭JupiterKid


    It is a very unusual object. It is believed to be very long and thin in shape from observations and has originated beyond the solar system.

    Would it be at all possible to send out a probe to encounter it at close range? If it did turn out to be a spacecraft or alien artefact of artificial origin it would be the discovery of the millenium.


  • #3
    mikhail
    Registered Users Posts: 3,863 ✭✭✭mikhail


    It passed through the solar system rather quickly. I doubt we have anything that could catch it at this point.


  • #4
    Zubeneschamali
    Registered Users Posts: 16,686 ✭✭✭✭Zubeneschamali


    JupiterKid wrote: »
    It is a very unusual object. It is believed to be very long and thin in shape from observations and has originated beyond the solar system.

    All they got was a light curve. It could be long and thin, or it could be spherical and oddly marked.


  • #5
    Carol25
    Registered Users Posts: 719 ✭✭✭Carol25


    I dont know its ok to link youtube podcasts here but I heard this today.
    It is very interesting to listen to the possibilities and logical conclusions that can be made about oumuamua.

    The Mysterious Interstellar Object Oumuamua With Harvards Dr. Avi Loeb - Event Horizon


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