Posted on 07/01/2019 9:19:32 PM PDT by BenLurkin
It is the first known object to pass through the solar system from outside, but experts have failed to explain where the object, called 'Oumuamua' came from.
The mysterious cigar-shaped projectile - formally named the object 1I/2017 U1 - defies description with characteristics resembling both a comet and an asteroid.
Oumuamua...spins like a coke bottle and accelerates like a comet, but without the gas jets often seen trailing them.
The studys co-author, Dr. Matthew Knight, an associate research scientist in the University of Maryland Department of Astronomy, said: The alien spacecraft hypothesis is a fun idea, but our preference is to stick with analogs we know, unless or until we find something unique."
Scientists think it could have entered our solar system after being ejected by a gas giant planet orbiting another star.
And researchers said Jupiter may have created some of its own interstellar travelers by sneaking some of its icy objects through the suns gravity field and into foreign solar systems.
They are awaiting fresh data from the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) in 2022 which could reveal more.
"In the next 10 years, we expect to begin seeing more objects like Oumuamua.
"We may start seeing a new object every year. That's when we'll start to know whether Oumuamua is weird, or common.
If we find 10-20 of these things and Oumuamua still looks unusual, we'll have to reexamine our explanations."
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It could be an intergalactic turd, sent from another solar system that has discovered our interest in all things scatalogical.
Borg.
If alien space craft, they did a damn good camo job:-)
Definitely interesting stuff!!
It's not a spacecraft. It's a coffin, or a mummy-like thing wrapped up in rock. I can see the outline of the head at the left. The bulge is where his arms are crossed on his chest. I can even see an outline of two legs. The feet are only about two-thirds of the way from left to right (sort of a one-coffin-fits-all approach). DON'T MESS WITH IT! Mortal remains are sacred to these monsters and you DON'T want them coming back with vengeance on their minds or for any other reason as far as that goes. He died in a war that has been raging now for 3,000,000 years between giant aliens and a race of puny aliens. They may be puny, but they are just as powerful. That's my theory and I'm sticking to it.
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