Mysterious Object Confirmed to Be From Another Solar System

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Astronomers are now certain that the mysterious object detected hurtling past our sun last month is indeed from another solar system. They have named it 1I/2017 U1(‘Oumuamua) and believe it could be one of 10,000 others lurking undetected in our cosmic neighborhood. The certainty of its interstellar origin comes from an analysis that shows its orbit is almost impossible to achieve from within our solar system.

It is thought to be an extremely dark object, absorbing 96% of the light that falls on its surface, and it is red. This color is the hallmark of organic (carbon-based) molecules. Organic molecules are the building blocks of the biological molecules that allow life to function. It is widely thought that the delivery of organic molecules to the early Earth by the collision of comets and asteroids made life here possible. ’Oumuamua shows that the same could be possible in other solar systems.
 
I would need to see more of the information on the spectral lines, red can also come from certain inorganic elements. I only wish we could have spotted it as it was incoming instead of already on the way out of the solar system, maybe then we could have gotten a project going to send a probe to intercept it and actually study it up close.
 
DrBorg said:
I'm still thinking Rama. :)

When it maneuvers for orbit, we'll know.

The question is, do we have a ship named the Endeavor with enough delta-V to match orbits?

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Well Clarke did predict many things :) I am just waiting for everyone to stop laughing so we can finally build the space elevator.
 
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jedijeb13 said:
I would need to see more of the information on the spectral lines, red can also come from certain inorganic elements. I only wish we could have spotted it as it was incoming instead of already on the way out of the solar system, maybe then we could have gotten a project going to send a probe to intercept it and actually study it up close.
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https://www.nasa.gov/feature/solar-system-s-first-interstellar-visitor-dazzles-scientists
"These properties suggest that ‘Oumuamua is dense, comprised of rock and possibly metals, has no water or ice, and that its surface was reddened due to the effects of irradiation from cosmic rays over hundreds of millions of years. "


Oddly, none of the other articles I've read make any mention of 'organic molecules' that The Guardian states
 
otherweeb said:
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/solar-system-s-first-interstellar-visitor-dazzles-scientists
"These properties suggest that ‘Oumuamua is dense, comprised of rock and possibly metals, has no water or ice, and that its surface was reddened due to the effects of irradiation from cosmic rays over hundreds of millions of years.

Oddly, none of the other articles I've read make any mention of 'organic molecules' that The Guardian states
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The organic molecules are red. Closer to the sun the surfaces of these carbon-rich objects get baked pitch black. Out in the kuiper belt and interstellar space the carbon, nitrogen, methane, water, and ammonia get transformed by cosmic ray bombardment into more complex organic molecules like formaldehyde, acetylene and ethane and we can see them as a red stain on the surface.
 
so what made the object or did it just happen to be there all along before GOD made everything..........IDIOTS
 
Armenius said:
The real markers are yellow.
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I thought black markers were the originals and red markers were copies created by other civilizations. It’s been a while so I may totally be wrong. Either way, if it is a marker and it impacts earth, we’re all going to be necromorphs.
 
DeathFromBelow said:
The organic molecules are red. Closer to the sun the surfaces of these carbon-rich objects get baked pitch black. Out in the kuiper belt and interstellar space the carbon, nitrogen, methane, water, and ammonia get transformed by cosmic ray bombardment into more complex organic molecules like formaldehyde, acetylene and ethane and we can see them as a red stain on the surface.
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Okay. I was looking for information on D type, Trojan asteroids, (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-type_asteroid) which the spectra compared to, but the actual composition of those is still speculative. We won't truly know until probe Lucy rendezvous around 2027 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_(spacecraft)
 
Travolta said:
I thought black markers were the originals and red markers were copies created by other civilizations. It’s been a while so I may totally be wrong. Either way, if it is a marker and it impacts earth, we’re all going to be necromorphs.
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You're technically correct, the best kind of correct. They were black, but the energy they gave off was yellow.
 
otherweeb said:
Okay. I was looking for information on D type, Trojan asteroids, (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-type_asteroid) which the spectra compared to, but the actual composition of those is still speculative. We won't truly know until probe Lucy rendezvous around 2027 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_(spacecraft)
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True. We do know from spectroscopy that a large number of organic molecules exist throughout the universe and on many of the objects in our solar system, so it isn't a wild speculation.

NASA has an article explaining what they think causes the reds and other colors of Kuiper belt objects. The D-type asteroids you mentioned may have originally been Kuiper belt objects themselves.
 
< Rant "There is only one Solar System; the system of planets and celestial bodies influenced by the gravity of Sol, our nearest star. Sol literally translates to The Sun. Every other system is just a star system planetary system." / >
 
Probably with our luck we'll probe it and some aliens somewhere will bust a gut watching us land a probe on their space waste.
 
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