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Interstellar object, named Oumuamua, likely a cookie-shaped planet shard, study reveals – ABC News
A new study says our solar system’s first known interstellar visitor is likely a remnant of a Pluto-like world and shaped like a cookie.
Our solar system’s first known interstellar visitor is neither a comet nor asteroid as first suspected and looks nothing like a cigar.
Key points:
- Arizona State University astronomers reported that the strange 45-metre object appeared to be made of frozen nitrogen
- It was named Oumuamua, Hawaiian for scout, in honour of the observatory in Hawaii that discovered it in 2017
- It was determined to have originated beyond our solar system because its speed and path suggested it wasn’t orbiting the sun or…
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