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Mysterious interstellar object Oumuamua is not an alien spaceship but scientists are still baffled
fox news ^ | 07/01/2019

Posted on 07/01/2019 9:19:32 PM PDT by BenLurkin

It is the first known object to pass through the solar system from outside, but experts have failed to explain where the object, called 'Oumuamua' came from.

The mysterious cigar-shaped projectile - formally named the object 1I/2017 U1 - defies description with characteristics resembling both a comet and an asteroid.

Oumuamua...spins like a coke bottle and accelerates like a comet, but without the gas jets often seen trailing them.

The study’s co-author, Dr. Matthew Knight, an associate research scientist in the University of Maryland Department of Astronomy, said: “The alien spacecraft hypothesis is a fun idea, but … our preference is to stick with analogs we know, unless or until we find something unique."

Scientists think it could have entered our solar system after being ejected by a gas giant planet orbiting another star.

And researchers said Jupiter may have created some of its own interstellar travelers by sneaking some of its icy objects through the sun’s gravity field and into foreign solar systems.

They are awaiting fresh data from the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) in 2022 which could reveal more.

"In the next 10 years, we expect to begin seeing more objects like Oumuamua.

"We may start seeing a new object every year. That's when we'll start to know whether Oumuamua is weird, or common.

“If we find 10-20 of these things and Oumuamua still looks unusual, we'll have to reexamine our explanations."

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: asteroid; astronomy; aviloeb; catastrophism; comet; comets; harvard; interstellar; oumuamua; science; yurimilner
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21 posted on 07/01/2019 10:27:06 PM PDT by wastedyears (The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
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To: BenLurkin

“resembling both a comet and an asteroid”

So they don’t even know if it will be captured by the Sun?
That’s incedible. Basic math.


22 posted on 07/01/2019 10:28:04 PM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: BenLurkin

23 posted on 07/01/2019 10:30:14 PM PDT by TADSLOS (You know why you can enjoy a day at the Zoo? Because walls work.)
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To: BenLurkin

If the government admitted aliens exist, then they would no longer be the "penultimate power" that would be able to compete with God as masters of the universe!!!!

Lack of alien disclosure only occurs in such a dips-hit empire state we currently live in...

in the god damned 1800's more people beloved in ALIENS than NOW and they didn't freak out about it either..."Like the brooking institute report claimed they would"...

An all powerful government will not disclose that any power exist greater than it, why do you think they try to destroy God/Religion all the time, hmmm????

24 posted on 07/01/2019 10:39:33 PM PDT by GraceG ("If I post an AWESOME MEME, STEAL IT! JUST RE-POST IT IN TWO PLACES PLEASE")
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To: BenLurkin

TTIWWP
LOL


25 posted on 07/01/2019 10:44:49 PM PDT by TheConservativeParty (Orange Man Good)
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To: redshawk

I always thought it was a midget.

He is one FREAKY looking guy.

I see it started early.


26 posted on 07/01/2019 11:16:56 PM PDT by dp0622 (Bad, bad company Till the day I die.)
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To: Viking2002

I’M GONNA RAM IT RIGHT DOWN THAT THING’S THROAT!!

or something like that.

His TERRIBLE over the top acting made that episode great :)


27 posted on 07/01/2019 11:17:59 PM PDT by dp0622 (Bad, bad company Till the day I die.)
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To: mrsmith
So they don’t even know if it will be captured by the Sun?

That got me interested, too.

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"Based on observations spanning 34 days, ʻOumuamua's orbital eccentricity is 1.20, the highest ever observed. An eccentricity exceeding 1.0 means an object exceeds the Sun's escape velocity, is not bound to the Solar System and may escape to interstellar space.

While an eccentricity slightly above 1.0 can be obtained by encounters with planets, as happened with the previous record holder, C/1980 E1, ʻOumuamua's eccentricity is so high that it could not have been obtained through an encounter with any of the planets in the Solar System. Even undiscovered planets in the Solar System, if any should exist, could not account for ʻOumuamua's trajectory nor boost its speed to the observed value. For these reasons, ʻOumuamua can only be of interstellar origin." Wiki

Average speed of Oumuamua = 5.55 AU/year relative to sun (per wiki)

28 posted on 07/01/2019 11:36:47 PM PDT by Karl Spooner
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To: Salamander

Aw, Ann Landers sucks!

https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/b0bb6d14-62ac-4db3-bf4c-8c6ed714cbd8


29 posted on 07/01/2019 11:53:55 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Karl Spooner

Ar 1.2 I guess the crux is what surface it presents to the ‘solar wind’.
Interesting... I hope it’s captured.


30 posted on 07/01/2019 11:55:10 PM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: Army Air Corps; 75thOVI; Abathar; agrace; aimhigh; Alice in Wonderland; AnalogReigns; AndrewC; ...
Thanks Army Air Corps.


the rest of the Oumuamua keyword:

31 posted on 07/01/2019 11:58:57 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: BenLurkin; Army Air Corps; Paladin2; AnotherUnixGeek; Undecided 2012; dragnet2; Fhios; ...
Is such a thing even possible?  Yes, it is.

32 posted on 07/02/2019 12:03:11 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv

LOL


33 posted on 07/02/2019 12:15:43 AM PDT by Salamander (Death makes angels of us all, and give us wings where we once had shoulders, smooth as ravens' claws)
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To: SunkenCiv

This is the best thing, ever.


34 posted on 07/02/2019 12:16:10 AM PDT by Salamander (Death makes angels of us all, and give us wings where we once had shoulders, smooth as ravens' claws)
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To: SunkenCiv

Whenever I see a photo of Dukoveny know I think of the episode where the guy is going to play him for a movie - and he really wants to get into the role.

Something like:

“So which side?”

“Huh?”

“Which side do you dress to?”

“Oh - mostly to the left I suppose.”

“MOSTLY!?”

“Most of the TIME!”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSbPdnlwg30

And Tia Leone is playing Scully, and in the background she is running back and forth in high-heels trying to get out Scully runs in them!


35 posted on 07/02/2019 12:19:19 AM PDT by 21twelve (!)
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To: BenLurkin

Commodore Decker’s Planet Killer?


36 posted on 07/02/2019 12:19:33 AM PDT by Hoosier-Daddy ("Washington, DC. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious")
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To: Salamander
I really need to bookmark that site. :^)

37 posted on 07/02/2019 12:22:39 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: 21twelve
Shandling played the role (they were buddies) if memory serves, and Tea was his wife at the time and probably needed some work.

38 posted on 07/02/2019 12:23:40 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Salamander

Oh, you meant that pic? I agree. Giorgio A. Tsoukalos is a blast, regardless of the content of his shows, it’s obvious that DD enjoyed meeting him. The pic was snagged off GT’s Twitter feed I think.


39 posted on 07/02/2019 12:27:57 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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someone ripped it and flipped it to fool the robot.

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6eyms8


40 posted on 07/02/2019 12:31:25 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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