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The first observed interstellar object zipped through our solar system in October 2017. Now, the latest research suggests it is a fragment of a Pluto-like planet from another solar system, made of nitrogen ice. https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/17/world/oumuamua-interstellar-object-scn-trnd/index.html?utm_source=fbCNN&utm_term=link&utm_medium=social&utm_c
mumbojumbo29
Dont show the flat earth society theyll never shut up
TheWombatStrikesAgain
Paige no!
pinatafarmer
Space turd
Mrbrown512
Omg it’s flat, here we go
copingcabana
If it was part of a planet, am I the only one wonder where the rest of the planet is and should we be worried?
quadraspaz1
Anyone else realised that it's the millennium falcon covered in rust?
itgeekmilwaukee
It's just another McDonalds Crispy Chicken Sandwich ad in disguise, isn't it?
Sydney1athena
first one looks like the whale probe from star trek
dissonantcognition
“Oumuamua...I’ve come to bargain.”
Noonius
komododave
The millennium falcon covered in dirty space ice.
KarmannGeezer
Space Dookie!
MaxximumB
Interstellar pineapple.
JimStarluck
The most interesting explanation I saw was that it was a comet that was both ripped apart and ejected from its solar system.
JimStarluck
As the pieces of it hurtled into interstellar space they got all stretched out, but then gravity eventually pulled them back together.
IchiNiisan
yo that's the millenium falcon
storebrandproductmascot
"Thick as a three-story building" is such a bad science article way to say a measurement.
kingkongkeom
"half the length of a city block" isnt any better. Which block in which district of which city?
moriartie
americans will use anything but metric
AbsolutelyNotTheNSA
That's Eros! Somebody contact the Rocinante!
xXxSTEVOxXx
Giant Meteor 2024
Bonsaipanda
On impact, it would make some noise but eventually burn in the atmosphere. Entry angle also matters.
NayaTaylor
Ughh I really thought they had it in 2020 but yea 2024 is better than never!
SmartAssWithAKeyboard
They neglect to mention that it accelerated out of the solar system, which is why we have the "alien probe" hypothesis. No, I'm not BSing.
MickeyCallahan
Or, y'know, any random comet.
SmartAssWithAKeyboard
It's established it's not a comet. Even the post says it's not a comet.
MickeyCallahan
The point is that the measured level of acceleration is common and normal.
SmartAssWithAKeyboard
Yes, well no. They even admit it only works with several caveats https://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/~meech/papers/2018/Micheli2018-Nature.pdf
angryscreechingnoise
well, since nobody will use me as a scientific source, I'm free to do some sci-fi wild speculation. so, the tumbling was deduced from 1/?
angryscreechingnoise
the flashing of the object as it moved, as was its length, but if we consider the less likely but more cool interpretations, then the 2/?
angryscreechingnoise
flashing of the object could have served another purpose. so, while we're talking fun nonsense, let's imagine it was an alien ship, 3/?
angryscreechingnoise
probe, etc. math has been done that shows that if you could compress space on one side of a ship and expand it on the other, then you 4/?
angryscreechingnoise
can get around the lightspeed barrier by changing the distance rather than your speed. a big problem is that if you traveled using such 5/?
angryscreechingnoise
a system, then energy would build up in front of the ship and destroy anything in front of you when you stopped. so, if we imagine a 6/?
dogfavoriter
If it's a fragment of a Pluto-like planet, then they'll demote it to an interstellar dwarf object.
PrincessDaystar
But...but..dwarf planets are still planets..
JoJoSapiens
Strictly speaking, dwarf planets are considered a seperate class of celestial objects, despite the name. (1)
PrincessDaystar
Ahh, gotcha
JoJoSapiens
It's a commonly criticised aspect of the IAU decision. (2)
jethz
They say pancake-shaped, I say
afatrollofmyown
And the original 'falcon was designed after a hamburger, so we have a THEME in space, it would seem. Round food.
MickeyCallahan
"About the size and shape of the Millenium Falcon" would've been so much better.
wangdangdoozle
I'm pretty sure that was Rama.
Revan1138
Siiick reference
DickMercenary
We missed our chance to rendezvous with it..
Ravager521
It's okay, friend. The Ramans do everything in threes.
JohnWickdidnothingwrong
Well, then we get two more chances. Let's hope we're better prepared this time.
orbitn
How can you prepare for octospiders
noncommital
Strickland? Asteroid?...is this an episode of the Expanse in an alternate reality?
Arkentra
The real Flat-Earth.
Hekinsieden
TheRainbowegoSweet007
LittleLordThudleroy
That's fuckin meatwad
poundingCode
That Looks like the aluminum falcon
Susurus
Nuptup
LeFabuleuxDestin
Like Pokémon Snap where you find Mew!
YouTubeRed
prismalaa
LOOOOL
Racealistic
Hmmm disfigured pepperoni..
sometimesiupvoteatrandom
Nah, all I see is the Millennium Falcon.
upsidedownmeloncake
Came to say the same
Thethundercougarfalconbird
That looks pretty oddish, almost vile(plume)
Arkentra
That's pretty gloom of you.
AlienNippleAntennae
Gloom plume vroom vroom!
DudeMagoo
I fairly certain they observed Oumuamua change speed and trajectory too.
charlie2979
As the other dude said it's probably outgassing as the sun melts whatever it's made of. It's why comets speed up and have trails.
JimStarluck
That could be from melting ice producing a jet of gas and dust that acts as a kind of rocket.
Hashbrown123
Or it could be because it is a UFO. Wake up, sheeple!
JimStarluck
Eh. If it's anything artificial, my guess is it's a derelict that's been abandoned & adrift for eons.
Hashbrown123
Could be, but it did start to rapidly advance at one point. Though that could have just been an autopilot.
reaperhead
To everyone saying it's offgasing, the scientists didn't observe a tail typical to offgassing. That's why this one is different
MickeyCallahan
The amount of outgassing consistent with its behavior may not have been observable, depending on content.
QuantumLeapist
It changed course and sped up...
libaf
Calm down joe rogan. https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/our-solar-system-s-first-known-interstellar-object-gets-unexpected-speed-boost
InoffensivePablum
Thanks for pulling that shit up, Jamie.
MantisTobogganPilotMD
very similar to how a comet would if it had a lot of nitrogen ice in its composition.
TracynKyrayc
Shit... where's the Roci when we need her ?
3YearsaLurker
spooky space pancake
CrackheadGermanSheppie
Spooky space turd
Katateochi
Chookity!
chrismofer
fuck off ya spooky space pancake
globalstorm
*Astronauts land in Houston* HQ - What are you guys... Astronauts - Space disk is haunted *grabs NASA pistol, gets back on shuttle*
SomeScienceGuy
It was a spooky space cigar a few years ago, I wonder what they are basing that on... need to follow those links
chrismofer
a difference in brightness as it tumbles. we guess what aspect ratio it would need to vary by that much.
chrismofer
also it's speed changed as it passed through our solar system which indicated there's gas jets or something coming from the surface.
kingkongkeom
"...thick as a three-story building and half the length of a city block..." americans use everything instead of the metric system.
Dude1925
Hell at this point it seems like we don't want to use imperial either.
DarthMaulOfAmerica
Thick as a three story building you say ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Jaron58
Feral hogs
seedye
Not true. I use “metric shit-ton” all the time.
iguessthisishowidie
They think they're being individuals but dont realize they've just become another terrorist.
EpicFinds
It's got at least 2 yonders.
norticat
Yeah, use banana scale so we can actually visualize it.. that’s universal...
NeverSummonAnythingYouCantBanish
Engineers use 100,000 square feet as an estimate. A large unpeeled banana is 9 inches. 100K / (9/12) = ~133,333 square bananas
norticat
That’s a lot of bananas...??
FlamingGranny
Americans use things that they see everyday to draw size comparisons to objects they can't see.
BklynPunisher
How many bananas is that?
BobbyBoogie
About tree fiddy
TheFinkbat
At least 4
norticat
@NeverSummonAnythingYouCantBanish estimated it to be ~133_333 square bananas
BklynPunisher
I usually buy curved bananas, but I’ll be searching for square ones now.
Dispeptique
I'm not sure since I'm not a expert, but I'd say probably a lot.
kingkongkeom
tinyfootprints
I told my doctor my height and weight in metric. She looked irritated but wrote it down, converted it to English then back to metric for BMI
dingofdong
Fun fact: the US doesn't even use the English system, despite calling it that in common parlance. Some measures are the same (eg weight, +
dingofdong
+ length), but US fluid measures are different to Imperial fluid measures, so eg a US pint is 473ml, but an English pint is 568ml
Theslipofashipcansinkalip
So I'm getting ripped off at the bar?
elvianempire
regardless of the unit, yes.
diddiz
Long is a city block actually? We don't have them here.
Haasje
About 3.986 bananas
FlipTheBirdBeforeTheBirdFlipsYou
3 and 493/500
kingkongkeom
Depends on which block in which city. Depends on the block: Manhattan ~80×275 meters, Chicago ~100×200 meters. Article isnt very scientific.
Daddysharkfinsoup
Boston...varies
kingkongkeom
This really doesnt work for Europe though, take berlin for example...we don't have grids like the US has when designing cities.
zagibu
It's because EU cities are usually very old and have evolved over time. Some newer ones do have grid like structures.
ThomKlanc
Barcelona would like to have a word
kingkongkeom
Part of Barcelona, but you are correct.