This mystery object may be our first visitor from another solar system

CNN ^ | Updated 5:41 PM ET, Fri October 27, 2017 | By Amanda Barnett

[Red Badger]

Astronomers around the world are trying to track down a small, fast-moving object that is zipping through our solar system. Is a comet? An asteroid? NASA's not sure. The space agency doesn't even know where it came from, but it's not behaving like the local space rocks and that means it may not be from our solar system. If that's confirmed, NASA says "it would be the first interstellar object to be observed and confirmed by astronomers."

NASA says astronomers are pointing telescopes on the ground and in space at the object to get that data. For now, the object is being called A/2017 U1. Experts think it's less than a quarter-mile (400 meters) in diameter and it's racing through space at 15.8 miles (25.5 kilometers) per second. It was discovered October 19 by the University of Hawaii's Pan-STARRS 1 telescope on Haleakala, Hawaii. Rob Weryk, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy, was the first to identify the object and immediately realized there was something different about it. "Its motion could not be explained using either a normal solar system asteroid or comet orbit," he said. "This object came from outside our solar system." Whatever "it" is, the object isn't a threat to Earth.

[Red Badger]

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[al baby]

In before that crazy haired its alien picture dude shows up

[Delta 21]

Whatever "it" is, the object isn't a threat to Earth.

Yeah, we are screwed.

[faithhopecharity]

its the BORG coming to pick up their advance conquest agent, Obama or whatever his real Arabic name is

[Williams]

We’re ok if it isn’t the first of a lot of them.

[Carthego delenda est]

[wmileo]

NASA is slow on the uptake w.r.t. this asteroid since they spent so much time in the OBAMSTER’s Administration paying tribute to Ali and his followers.

[Secret Agent Man]

Roughly 58,000 miles an hour.

So maybe a little more than 4 hours between earth and the moon. That’s the velocity we are talking about.

[Slyfox]

CNN is secretly hoping that the mystery object is what will land in Atlanta and magically increase their viewership.

[bar sin·is·ter]

Space turd.

[marktwain]

If it starts slowing down...

Thats when things get real interesting...

[EEGator]

[jcon40]

>> Space turd. “ <<

Nope.

Space fart

[Snickering Hound]

It's just passing through they said, it'll be fine they said.

[Licensed-To-Carry]

Now that’s funny. You win.

[Fiddlstix]

[MrEdd]

[PAR35]

Whatever "it" is, the object isn't a threat to Earth.

How can they say that with a straight face when they don't know who sent it or how many folks might be on board.

[DFG]

Gary Seven

[Autonomous User]