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Mysterious interstellar object could be 'lightsail' sent from another civilization
FoxNews.com/Science ^ | Nov 5, 2018 | Chris Ciaccia | Fox News

Posted on 11/05/2018 12:53:27 PM PST by ETL

NASA may have ruled that Oumuamua, the first interstellar object ever spotted in our system is a "metallic or rocky object" approximately 400 meters (1,312 feet) in length and 40 meters (131 feet) wide, but a new study from the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics says it could be something much more exciting – it could be "a lightsail of artificial origin" sent from another civilization.

The study, which was posted online earlier this month, suggests that Oumuamua's strange "excess acceleration" could be artificial in nature, as it has been implied that it is not an active comet.

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TOPICS: Astronomy; Chit/Chat; Science; UFO's
KEYWORDS: amirsiraj; asteroid; astronomy; astrophysics; aviloeb; c2017u1; harvard; jasonwright; nasa; oumuamua; science; shmuelbialy; smithsonian; ufo; ufos; xplanets; yurimilner
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To: ETL

*** It was also calculated that Oumuamua moved faster than the existing laws of celestial mechanics. ****

“Oops. Never mind. I forgot to carry the 1.”


61 posted on 11/05/2018 3:08:36 PM PST by 21twelve (!)
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Re: Space object "Oumuamua"

It apparently was named after Obama.

"Oumuamua", "Obama"

No wonder, given its appearance...

Image result for Oumuamua

62 posted on 11/05/2018 3:13:54 PM PST by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
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To: Yossarian

Good book. First in a series.


63 posted on 11/05/2018 3:45:16 PM PST by ExGeeEye (For dark is the suede that mows like a harvest.)
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To: onedoug

More fake science


64 posted on 11/05/2018 3:48:29 PM PST by salmon76 (A Red Wall will stop a Blue Wave every time, so BUILD THE WALL!)
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To: pepsi_junkie

I preferred her in Megaforce.


65 posted on 11/05/2018 4:00:42 PM PST by wally_bert (I will competently make sure the thing is done incompetently.)
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To: ETL

Have you ever noticed how many liberals use the same facial expression when they speak? Their eyebrows are raised and their eyes are wide-open in a perpetual state of alarm or surprise.

They all remind me of Marshall Applewhite.


66 posted on 11/05/2018 4:00:56 PM PST by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism.)
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To: ETL

“Rendezvous with Rama,” by Arthur C. Clarke


67 posted on 11/05/2018 4:11:56 PM PST by OldMissileer (Atlas, Titan, Minuteman, PK. Winners of the Cold War)
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To: ETL

I am *not* going to try to pronounce that stupid name that they gave that thing. They’re only trying to push us toward multiculti any way that they can.


68 posted on 11/05/2018 4:16:34 PM PST by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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To: ETL

Someone read “Rendezvous with Rama” by Arthur C. Clarke and took it to heart.


69 posted on 11/05/2018 4:45:07 PM PST by tbw2
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To: pepsi_junkie

It was tumbling on two axis. If it were controlled, it would have been much more steady.


70 posted on 11/05/2018 4:45:38 PM PST by tbw2
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To: ETL

71 posted on 11/05/2018 5:08:35 PM PST by eclecticEel ("The petty man forsakes what lies within his power and longs for what lies with Heaven." - Xunzi)
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To: onedoug
Maybe thats all that was needed for its mission. Have you seen the pictures of "the giant saucer" purportedly "siphoning plasma" from the sun? Maybe this object was just here to drop supplies to aliens with munchies preparing for invasion.

Then again, maybe its just the tube that from which Gods original seventh day cigar came.

72 posted on 11/05/2018 6:35:49 PM PST by gnarledmaw (Hive minded liberals worship leaders, sovereign conservatives elect servants.)
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To: Yossarian

Excellent novel! One of my favorites.


73 posted on 11/06/2018 6:29:45 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (Get in the Spirit! The Spirit of '76!)
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To: jonascord
Correct. It was Arthur C. Clarke's "Sunjammer".


Sail ship "Diana".

74 posted on 11/06/2018 6:40:27 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (Get in the Spirit! The Spirit of '76!)
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To: NorthMountain

Stupid phone changed “Rama” to “Rana”! Longtime fan of his, know his work well.


75 posted on 11/07/2018 7:44:05 AM PST by backwoods-engineer (Enjoy the decline of the American empire.)
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To: OldMissileer

Yeah, I was trying to type that, but my stupid phone changed “Rama” to “Rana”!


76 posted on 11/07/2018 7:45:19 AM PST by backwoods-engineer (Enjoy the decline of the American empire.)
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To: backwoods-engineer
Autocorrect delenda est.
77 posted on 11/07/2018 7:47:39 AM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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78 posted on 11/07/2018 9:40:21 AM PST by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
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To: SolidRedState
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79 posted on 11/07/2018 9:40:55 AM PST by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
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