Discovery of Oumuamua
Source: ESO/K. Meech et al
Image downloaded from: Telescope Image of Oumuamua
The image was created by combining multiple images European Southern
Observatory 's Very large telescope and The Gemini South Telescope.
It was discovered on October 19, 2017 by the
University of Hawaii's Pan-STARRS1 telescope. It does not show the sign of comet activities, it was classified as
Asteroid until new experiments found that it signs to behave like a
comet. This is the first object to visit our solar system from outer
space. The aspect ratio of this object is greater than any other
asteroid or comet in our solar system until now.
The official name of the object is
1l/2017 which was given by IAU(International
Astronomical Union). In addition to the technical name the Pan-STARRS
team dubbed it as 'Oumuamua' which is
Hawailan
for "a messenger from a far arriving first" Two of NASA's space telescopes
Hubble and Spitzer tracked the object
travelling about 85,700 miles per hour relative to the Sun. Also other
Telescopes in ground level continue to track the object.
Where is Oumuamua now?
Today Oumuamua is somewhere between the orbits of Saturn and
Neptune and is going far away from us.
Source link:
NASA -Oumuamua
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