[Voption]

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

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Oumuamua

Who thinks up these names!

[humblegunner]

without even clicking through to the article.

Is this your own blog?

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Voption.

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Earlier topics, some with a dash of crazy:

• Researchers observe the first known interstellar comet
• This mystery object may be our first visitor from another solar system
• Meet 'Oumuamua! The 1st Interstellar Visitor Ever Seen Gets a Name
• First interstellar asteroid is like nothing seen before
• ESO Observations Show First Interstellar Asteroid is Like Nothing Seen Before
• Solar System's First Interstellar Visitor Dazzles Scientists
• Project Lyra, a Mission to Chase Down that Interstellar Asteroid
• Alien Probe or Galactic Driftwood? SETI Tunes In to 'Oumuamua [pronounced 'Yo Mama']
• Has an alien probe entered our solar system? Cigar-shaped interstellar 'comet' ...
• Leading Astronomers: Oumuamua Is 'Alien Probe With Broken Engines,' Could Have Hostile Intentions
• Scientists Reveal Interstellar Object 'Oumuamua' Has Organic Shell

[Voption]

I am pleasantly surprised with the high-level of discourse with only a tinge of wackiness, and just for fun.
I applaud you all!
totally tangential— Article in the WSJ last week, about how the YouTube algorithm sends you down esoteric rat-holes, surprisingly fast, especially with flat-earth et-al, stuff.
(I’d link to it, but its behind the paywall.

[Kickass Conservative]

Shaken, not Stirred.

[Larry Lucido]

No need to click through if you just put the last couple of paragraphs of the blog here. Seriously, it wasn’t that long, especially if you clip off the begging for donations part.

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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.

Straight away, they discovered that ‘Oumuamua wasn’t spinning periodically like most of the small asteroids and bodies that we see in our solar system. Instead, it is tumbling, or spinning chaotically, and could have been for many billions of years.

While it is difficult to pinpoint the exact reason for this, it is thought that `Oumuamua impacted with another asteroid before it was fiercely thrown out of its system and into interstellar space. 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.

To me, this data settles the question about whether Oumuamua is not an artificial structure. It is not. If it were, an impact that would have caused this kind of tumbling would have almost certainly destroyed it. Instead, it likely broke the original bolide up, producing many fragments, including Oumuamua and its elongated shape.

As for the object’s spottiness:

Dr Fraser explains: “Most of the surface reflects neutrally but one of its long faces has a large red region. This argues for broad compositional variations, which is unusual for such a small body.”

It is really a shame we couldn’t get a closer look before it sped away.

[Boogieman]

"tumbling chaotically"