You have problems with carbon rods?
Posted on 11/16/2017 10:52:10 AM PST by BenLurkin
The IAU also approved an official scientific designation for 'Oumuamua: 1I/2017 U1. This is a first-of-its-kind moniker; the "I" stands for "interstellar." Previously, small objects like 'Oumuamua have received standard comet or asteroid designations, which sport a "C" or "A," respectively, in place of the "I."
'Oumuamua was first spotted on Oct. 19, by astronomers using the Pan-STARRS1 telescope in Hawaii. The smallish object was first classified as a comet but then regarded as an asteroid, after further observations revealed no evidence of a coma (the fuzzy cloud of gas and dust that surrounds a comet's core).
Analysis of 'Oumuamua's trajectory soon revealed that it was on a hyperbolic path — that is, one that will take it out of the solar system. And the object doesn't seem to have had any gravitational encounters with planets that could have nudged it onto such a path, which strongly suggests that 'Oumuamua came from interstellar space, researchers have said.
Astronomers have determined that 'Oumuamua made its closest pass by the sun on Sept. 9 and then zoomed within 15 million miles (24 million kilometers) of Earth on Oct. 14 — about 60 times the distance from our planet to the moon. The object is now barreling toward the outer solar system at about 98,400 mph (158,360 km/h) relative to the sun, researchers have said.
Though 'Oumuamua's composition is unknown, the object is probably more ice than rock, Matthew Holman, director of the Minor Planet Center (MPC) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, told Space.com last month. That's because bodies that form on the outskirts of solar systems — and are therefore most likely to get booted into interstellar space — tend to be icy, Holman said.
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The first interstellar visitor and they have to make it unpronounceable. Now I have to say “that comet” and no one will know what I’m talking about. It’s like naming someone “Hey You”.
hahahhahahahagasphahahahaha...
Could a rocket catch up with it? Find out what it’s made of? Maybe bring it to earth? If it would agree to Drain the Swamp of corrupt politicians, I’d let it take over
Where would the water come from to create the ice?
I think it is long gone. Going super fast as it passed through.
My first thought, too!
You have problems with carbon rods?
[ Could a rocket catch up with it? Find out what it’s made of? Maybe bring it to earth? If it would agree to Drain the Swamp of corrupt politicians, I’d let it take over ]
If you had fusion power and a decent ship you could land on one of these interstellar asteroids and build a colony inside of it and only need to adjust it’s course to basically hyjack an interstellar asteroid as a makeshift colony ship.
Just stay in it and adjust it’s course to fly it to another star system...
Not water ice; gas ice, probably methane, possibly CO2.
It is a slap at Obama.
Relax, its just a probe. The one with the stellar nova bomb comes later ...
Water, a very simple molecule including two atoms of the most common element, is probably present everywhere in the universe. The tails of comets are partly water vapor trails and it’s possible much if not all of the water on Earth was deposited by comet impacts that occurred over eons of time.
That's what my doctor said prior to my last prostate biopsy............
Thanks BenLurkin.
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