It Came From Outer Space…..
Posted in Astronomy at 12:00 on 4 November 2017
Astronomers have discovered the first object from outside the solar system ever to have been observed travelling through it.
A photograph of it is at Astronomy Picture of the Day for 3/11/17.
It was reported in the journal Nature on 31/10/17.
The Nature article quotes “Rights and Permissions” for use so I have not reproduced it here but both links show the object, known as interstellar asteroid A/2017 U1.
An analysis of it movement is at https://arxiv.org/abs/1710.11364.
Tags: APOD, Astronomy, Astronomy Picture of the Day, interstellar asteroid A/2017 U1, Nature
