About 7 interstellar objects pass through the inner solar system every year

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About 7 interstellar objects pass through the inner solar system every year

Post by Dragon Mon Mar 29, 2021 2:22 am

In October 19th, 2017, the first interstellar object ever detected flew past Earth on its way out of the solar system.

Less than two years later, a second object was detected, an easily identified interstellar comet designated as 2I/Borisov.

The appearance of these two objects verified earlier theoretical work that concluded that interstellar objects (ISOs) regularly enter our solar system.

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Post by Dragon Mon Mar 29, 2021 2:24 am

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Credit: Queen’s University Belfast/William Herschel Telescope

Oumuamua as it appeared using the William Herschel Telescope on the night of October 29.

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Credit: ESA/Hubble, NASA, ESO, M. Kornmesser

Artist’s impression of the interstellar object, `Oumuamua, experiencing outgassing as it leaves our Solar System.

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Post by Dragon Mon Mar 29, 2021 2:27 am

This animation shows the path of the interstellar object `Oumuamua through the Solar System.

Unlike all other asteroids and comets observed before, this body is not bound by gravity to the Sun.

t has come from interstellar space and will return there after its brief encounter with our Solar System.

Its hyperbolic orbit is highly inclined and it does not appear to have come close to any other Solar System body on its way in.

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