New Interstellar "Alien" Object Discovery that has Scientists Amazed!

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There is some titillating news that recently came out from NASA. No, it is not about "little green men" but something else very interesting that is foreign to our solar system. It is an asteroid that has some scientists extremely excited about their new discovery named, ‘Oumuamua, which was first discovered back on October 19, of this year by the Pan-STARRS Telescope. In Hawaiian, it means “a messenger from afar arriving first.” It is also referred to as or an "interstellar asteroid 1I/2017 U1".

"Credits: European Southern Observatory/M. Kornmesser"
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This is no ordinary asteroid, none of which the likes humanity has seen before because of its shape, size, and characteristics. It "is up to one-quarter mile (400 meters) long and highly-elongated—perhaps 10 times as long as it is wide." According to the NASA article, this "aspect ratio" has never been witnessed until now. In NASA’s Science Mission Directorate in Washington, Thomas Zurbuchen, the associate administrator stated from the article:

For decades we’ve theorized that such interstellar objects are out there, and now – for the first time – we have direct evidence they exist. This history-making discovery is opening a new window to study formation of solar systems beyond our own.

"A/2017 U1 (center). Image credit: Paulo Holvorcem & Michael Schwartz, Tenagra Observatories."
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With the help of the FORS Instrument, the EOS telescope, other large telescopes, and four filters, the intensity of this object was found to vary and make a full revolution in about "7.3 hours." It was the Institute for Astronomy in Hawaii that discovered the brightness. Karen Meech, the leader of this mission at the Institute for Astronomy in Hawaii, stated from the article stated:

This unusually big variation in brightness means that the object is highly elongated: about ten times as long as it is wide, with a complex, convoluted shape. We also found that it had a reddish color, similar to objects in the outer solar system, and confirmed that it is completely inert, without the faintest hint of dust around it.

"The Pan-STARRS1 Observatory...Credit: Photo by Rob Ratkowski"
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It is speculated that because of their findings, it " is dense, comprised of rock and possibly metals, has no water or ice, and that its surface was reddened due to the effects of irradiation from cosmic rays over hundreds of millions of years. "

‘Oumuamua will be visible and is currently tracked by The Hubble Space Telescope and The Spitzer Space Telescope, because it is "200 million kilometers from Earth", but not for very long because it is traveling at "38.3 kilometers per second relative to the Sun". It is going in the direction of Saturn and should arrive in January of 2019 and as it progresses on its track it will be going out of our solar system towards the Pegasus Constellation.

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This object is very "Alien" to our solar system and nothing of its kind has been found before. [Any speculations?] There is speculation, however, these objects are very difficult to spot, but this coincidental moment occurred for Scientists to study this interstellar asteroid. They believe they will be finding more of these in the near future. Here is the brief video from NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory:

This is fascinating! What are all of your thoughts or comments on this latest discovery?

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