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A brief visit from a red and extremely elongated interstellar asteroid

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  • Karen J. Meech

    (Institute for Astronomy)

  • Robert Weryk

    (Institute for Astronomy)

  • Marco Micheli

    (ESA SSA-NEO Coordination Centre
    Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma)

  • Jan T. Kleyna

    (Institute for Astronomy)

  • Olivier R. Hainaut

    (European Southern Observatory)

  • Robert Jedicke

    (Institute for Astronomy)

  • Richard J. Wainscoat

    (Institute for Astronomy)

  • Kenneth C. Chambers

    (Institute for Astronomy)

  • Jacqueline V. Keane

    (Institute for Astronomy)

  • Andreea Petric

    (Institute for Astronomy)

  • Larry Denneau

    (Institute for Astronomy)

  • Eugene Magnier

    (Institute for Astronomy)

  • Travis Berger

    (Institute for Astronomy)

  • Mark E. Huber

    (Institute for Astronomy)

  • Heather Flewelling

    (Institute for Astronomy)

  • Chris Waters

    (Institute for Astronomy)

  • Eva Schunova-Lilly

    (Institute for Astronomy)

  • Serge Chastel

    (Institute for Astronomy)

Abstract

The first interstellar object to be detected in the Solar System is asteroidal in nature and has a shape unlike any Solar System body, with a length about ten times its width.

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  • Karen J. Meech & Robert Weryk & Marco Micheli & Jan T. Kleyna & Olivier R. Hainaut & Robert Jedicke & Richard J. Wainscoat & Kenneth C. Chambers & Jacqueline V. Keane & Andreea Petric & Larry Denneau , 2017. "A brief visit from a red and extremely elongated interstellar asteroid," Nature, Nature, vol. 552(7685), pages 378-381, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:552:y:2017:i:7685:d:10.1038_nature25020
    DOI: 10.1038/nature25020
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