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INTERSTELLAR OBJECTS: 'OUMUAMUA




Credit : ESO/M. Kornmesser


Left, an artist's view of an object coming from outside of the Solar system on an hyperbolic trajectory. This object, discovered in 2017 and named 1I/2017 U1 ('Oumuamua) will not remain in the Solar system. It has an unusual shape (230m x 35m x 35m) and a dark red-brown color (albedo about 0,10) due to cosmic bombardment suffered during his interstellar journey.

Below, its orbit through the Solar system: it's coming from Lyrae constellation and will go to Pegasus.



Credit : Tomruen