Interstellar object Oumuamua tumbling chaotically

Behind the Black ^ | February 12, 2018 | Robert Zimmerman

[Voption]

A new analysis of the data obtained when the interstellar object Oumuamua flew through the solar system in October 2016 suggests that it is tumbling in a chaotic manner, and that the surface is spotty....Dr Fraser explains: “Our modelling of this body suggests the tumbling will last for many billions of years to hundreds of billions of years before internal stresses cause it to rotate normally again."

[Voption]

I want to see how fast the crazies reply to this Post, without even clicking through to the article.

[Red Badger]

Yo mama!...................

[Jim W N]

the tumbling will last for many billions of years to hundreds of billions of years before internal stresses cause it to rotate normally again

Whoa. I knew stress was a problem but sheesh, hope it doesn't take that long to fix some of the stress around here.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Dr Fraser's conjecture can be applied to other things as well: “Our modelling of this body suggests the Democrat Party lunacy will last for many billions of years to hundreds of billions of years before internal stresses cause it to act normally again."

[Arkansas Toothpick]

I swear I read interstellar object Obama.

[Little Pig]

So it wasn’t (only) rotating along its long axis after all. And the explanation of the tumble does provide a good explanation of how it achieved escape velocity in the first place, as well as its odd shape.

And yeah, it’s really too bad we weren’t able to get a better look at it.

[bigbob]

That’s just to disguise the alien spaceship inside.

[COBOL2Java]

Animation of Oumuamua passing through the Solar System

[BenLurkin]

Cue echoey voice: “It came from the far away Kenya Galaxy. It’s Space Turd!”

[FreedomOfExpression]

Other articles about Oumuamua:

Newsweek: 'Oumuamua: Space Cigar Is Still Spinning From Mysterious Violent Collision
Express (UK): Alien Oumuamua asteroid spinning CHAOTICALLY out of control from violent collision
BBC News: 'Oumuamua: 'space cigar's' tumble hints at violent past

[Tenacious 1]

“I’m crazy. No your not. I am. Stop saying that. Your not crazy. Whatever...”

[PIF]

Crazy one here - this was the first of two - the second one is not well reported and is further off toward the periphery of the system, but has same over all shape.

[jerod]

Usually when the term ‘many billions of years’ is added to any article... I’m automatically thinking to myself that I probably don’t have that much time left.

[butlerweave]

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997) , where Dr Evil’s Rocket takes off ,LOL

[teeman8r]

that was close.

[al_c]

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Cosmologically speaking, that's the same as having a tumbling 7.62mm round whiz just past your ear.

"Whoa! Whawuzzat? A humming bird?"

[C210N]

The red region must be indicative this tumbling object is alive and injured. Unfortunately, travelling too fast to make a stop at any US ER for medical attention.

[Damifino]

Our modelling of this body suggests the tumbling will last for many billions of years

Interesting that the models seem to fail to recognize that in billions of years of travel it will almost certainly encounter the gravity (or contact) with another celestial mass.

[ClearCase_guy]

I think that Oumuamua has come to bargain.