First interstellar object (from outside the solar system) spotted with telescope

[superpunch]

On October 19, the Pan-STARRS 1 telescope in Hawaii spotted something strange zooming through our solar system. It turned out to be a visitor from beyond our solar system, and it's unlike anything astronomers have seen before.

It is the first observed object from outside our solar system, according to a study published Monday in the journal Nature -- and, as the researchers call it, an "oddball."
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It is 124 million miles from Earth -- the distance between Mars and Jupiter -- but its trajectory has taken the object past Mars' orbit, and it will pass Jupiter in May, go beyond Saturn's orbit in January 2019 and then leave our solar system, bound for the Pegasus constellation.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/20/world/first-interstellar-object-solar-system/index.html

It's a long cylinder/ cigar shaped object made primarily of metal. It's the size of 2 football fields and rotates every 7 hours.

 

[BigGucciSosa]

my bad, just hope i dont get in trouble for indecent exposure

 

[Fungoose]

It's the size of 2 football fields and rotates every 7 hours.

It's Ronda from the future.

 

[liljoe]

Think I saw that in my toilet this morning.

 

[JaneJanes]

looks like a black dildo

 

[Amerikuracana]

What kind of metal?

 

[RawHawg]

It's the world's largest vape

 

[SSgt Dickweed]

On October 19, the Pan-STARRS 1 telescope in Hawaii spotted something strange zooming through our solar system. It turned out to be a visitor from beyond our solar system, and it's unlike anything astronomers have seen before.

It is the first observed object from outside our solar system, according to a study published Monday in the journal Nature -- and, as the researchers call it, an "oddball."
...
It is 124 million miles from Earth -- the distance between Mars and Jupiter -- but its trajectory has taken the object past Mars' orbit, and it will pass Jupiter in May, go beyond Saturn's orbit in January 2019 and then leave our solar system, bound for the Pegasus constellation.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/20/world/first-interstellar-object-solar-system/index.html

It's a long cylinder/ cigar shaped object made primarily of metal. It's the size of 2 football fields and rotates every 7 hours.

I smell bullshit.

 

[CrimsonFan]

Sweet.

 

[rj144]

What a poorly written article. It's the first object we've spotted in our solar system that didn't originate in our solar system. We've seen millions of objects outside our solar system.

 

[JudoThrowFiasco]

What a poorly written article. It's the first object we've spotted in our solar system that didn't originate in our solar system. We've seen millions of objects outside our solar system.

How did that even get past fact checking? There's literally thousands of stars that we are able to see via the naked eye.

Not to mention the magnitude of celestial objects we've classified beyond our solar system -- or even galaxy

 

[bjjHERRERA]

whoa, something flying through space...

 

[GSP_37]

This is on Ancient Aliens. Is it rare to have a cigar shaped object flying around and into our solar system? I would have guessed most objects would be round.

 

[Phr3121]

First interstellar object (from outside the solar system) spotted with telescope.

Ah, this meteorite, NWA 7325, predates our Sun. Found in Northwest Africa in 2012. Roughly 4.75 billion years old.

 

[DoomPatrol]

This is on Ancient Aliens. Is it rare to have a cigar shaped object flying around and into our solar system? I would have guessed most objects would be round.

Neil Degrasse Tyson once explained this in regards to the other one that people made a big deal about. Apparently when an object isn't large enough for gravity to push it into a sphere, it will drag like that.

 

[Cole train]

ITS COMING RIGHT FOR US

 

[dissectingaorticaneurysm]

Ah, this meteorite, NWA 7325, predates our Sun. Found in Northwest Africa in 2012. Roughly 4.75 billion years old.

Even has red hair and crystals. Looks dank af.

 

[Saku'sEar]

Nice cgi.