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ESO Observations Show First Interstellar Asteroid is Like Nothing Seen Before
European Southern Observatory ^
| 11/20/17
| eso
Posted on 11/20/2017 3:26:38 PM PST by C210N
"... It appears to be a dark, reddish, highly-elongated rocky..."
"varies dramatically in brightness by a factor of ten as it spins on its axis every 7.3 hours."
(Excerpt) Read more at eso.org ...
TOPICS: Astronomy; Chit/Chat; Science
KEYWORDS: amirsiraj; asteroid; astronomy; aviloeb; c2017u1; guam; harvard; hyperbolic; interstellar; interstellarobject; jasonwright; johnson; oumuamua; science; shmuelbialy; yurimilner
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To: C210N
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11/20/2017 5:31:46 PM PST
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COBOL2Java
(John McCain treats GOP voters like he treated his first wife)
To: itsahoot
It’s an artist’s impression, not an actual captured image.
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11/20/2017 6:56:56 PM PST
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House Atreides
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