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Scientists Reveal Interstellar Object ‘Oumuamua’ Has Organic Shell
Breitbart ^ | 12-20-2017 | Nate Church

Posted on 12/20/2017 6:44:36 AM PST by blam

Observations of the oblong interstellar traveler Oumuamua have revealed an unidentified organic coating on it, igniting scientific and public curiosity alike. After “Oumuamua” was initially spotted by a telescope in Hawaii by the Pan-STARRS project on October 19, experts raced to gather all possible information on it before it passed beyond humanity’s collective reach. But, while they expected to find a comet-like chunk of ice passing by our sun, the object mysteriously failed to leave behind a vapor trail as it grazed our home star. Instead, the still-unidentified chunk of ancient space debris hurtling at 60,000 MPH through our solar system left us with a host of new questions.

First, Oumuamua is exceptionally long and narrow — roughly 400 by about 40 meters. The shape is unlike any asteroids in our own solar system. Paul Chodas, Manager of NASA’s Centre for Near Earth Orbit Studies, called it “a strange visitor from a faraway star system, shaped like nothing we’ve ever seen in our own solar system neighborhood.”

Second, the lack of a comet-like tail of vaporized ice — despite passing even within Mercury’s orbit — seems to be the result of unknown organic matter which shields its internal ice from the sun’s immense heat. Also, it’s red. And while some observations tagged it as similar to the shades we see from minerals present in our own system, others suggest that it is significantly darker.

Queen’s University Belfast’s Dr. Michele Bannister of the Outer Solar System Origins Survey called Oumuamua “the opposite” of what she was “expecting we might see.” To her, it is the familiar aspects of the object that intrigue. “It’s travelled for millions or billions of years – it could be older than our solar system. …It’s come from a very long way away

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TOPICS: Astronomy; Chit/Chat; Science
KEYWORDS: amirsiraj; asteroid; astronomy; aviloeb; c2017u1; comet; comets; harvard; jasonwright; oumuamua; science; shmuelbialy; startrek; ufo; yomama; yurimilner
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Previously posted articles about Oumuamua:

Leading Astronomers: Oumuamua Is ‘Alien Probe With Broken Engines,’ Could Have Hostile Intentions

Alien Probe or Galactic Driftwood? SETI Tunes In to 'Oumuamua [pronounced 'Yo Mama']

Meet 'Oumuamua! The 1st Interstellar Visitor Ever Seen Gets a Name

1 posted on 12/20/2017 6:44:37 AM PST by blam
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To: blam

Must prepare by watching 1950s Si-Fi- movies!


2 posted on 12/20/2017 6:47:07 AM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

Indeed.

L


3 posted on 12/20/2017 6:48:14 AM PST by Lurker (President Trump isn't our last chance. President Trump is THEIR last chance.)
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To: blam

4 posted on 12/20/2017 6:48:48 AM PST by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

They’ve decrypted some words inscribed on the outside of the object. Looks like it says ‘how to serve man’.


5 posted on 12/20/2017 6:49:48 AM PST by Stevenc131
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To: blam

6 posted on 12/20/2017 6:52:40 AM PST by bar sin·is·ter (Climate Scientology - another example of science fiction morphing into a religious cult)
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To: blam
Second, the lack of a comet-like tail of vaporized ice — despite passing even within Mercury’s orbit — seems to be the result of unknown organic matter which shields its internal ice from the sun’s immense heat.

Is there any reason the object must have an internal ice core? Couldn't the object be composed solely of various types of rock?

I see from an internet search that the object is classified as an asteroid, not a comet. So it very well might have no ice.

7 posted on 12/20/2017 6:52:45 AM PST by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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8 posted on 12/20/2017 6:53:12 AM PST by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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Ancient DNC event?


9 posted on 12/20/2017 6:54:05 AM PST by bar sin·is·ter (Climate Scientology - another example of science fiction morphing into a religious cult)
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To: blam

Sounds like the name of a Pink Floyd album!


10 posted on 12/20/2017 6:54:40 AM PST by gr8eman (Facts and evidence are bourgeois constructs weaponized by patriarchal penis-people)
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“Organic shell”? Could it be a sea shell from space? Dr. Doolittle was in search of a giant pink sea snail, IIRC.


11 posted on 12/20/2017 6:54:45 AM PST by BipolarBob (At one time I held the world record as the worlds youngest person on the planet.)
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12 posted on 12/20/2017 6:55:14 AM PST by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: bar sin·is·ter

....or future................


13 posted on 12/20/2017 6:56:05 AM PST by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: blam

“Oumuamua” my be how it would sound if you tried to say Obama’s name while drunk.


14 posted on 12/20/2017 6:56:40 AM PST by howlinhound (Live your life so that, when you get up in the morning, Satan says, "Oh Crap!..He's awake" - Unknown)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

about time for another remake of The Blob methinks


15 posted on 12/20/2017 6:57:14 AM PST by ConservativeDude
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To: Red Badger

Very true.


16 posted on 12/20/2017 6:57:18 AM PST by bar sin·is·ter (Climate Scientology - another example of science fiction morphing into a religious cult)
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To: BipolarBob
No, its a peanut M&M.


17 posted on 12/20/2017 6:59:35 AM PST by bar sin·is·ter (Climate Scientology - another example of science fiction morphing into a religious cult)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

Rama


18 posted on 12/20/2017 7:00:40 AM PST by robroys woman (So you're not confused, I'm male.)
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To: BipolarBob; exDemMom; blam
“Organic shell”? Could it be a sea shell from space? Dr. Doolittle was in search of a giant pink sea snail, IIRC.

Could be a cocoon or an egg case.

Spiders from Mars.

19 posted on 12/20/2017 7:00:50 AM PST by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.L)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
Or just read the Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu.

Interesting but so far unexplained aspect is that it apparently entered the system at 26 kilometers per second, much slower than its exit speed of 87KmS, but did not pass close enough to any large body/planet to have picked up that speed. See: "Interstellar" Asteroid Raises Mysteries

20 posted on 12/20/2017 7:02:07 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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