'Oumuamua: A Mysterious Visitor From Deep Space
-
2021-02-19 
https://doi.org/10.14419/ijaa.v9i1.31381
-
1I/2017 U1, 'Oumuamua, Interstellar Objects, Pan-STARRS1 Telescope. -
Abstract
The mysterious visitor 'Oumuamua is the first interstellar object ever seen in our solar system. It was discovered by the Pan-STARRS tele-scope on 19 October 2017. A short overview of 'Oumuamua is presented in this paper. Moreover, we present this work to spotlight on the fact that, there are trillions of such interstellar objects that could visit our solar system.
Â
Â
-
References
[1] Khalil, M., Said, M., Osman, H., Ahmed, B., Ahmed, D., Younis, N., Maher, B., Osama, M. and Ashmawy, M., Big data in astronomy: from evolution to revolution, International Journal of Advanced Astronomy, 7 (1) (2019) 11-14 https://doi.org/10.14419/ijaa.v7i1.18029.
[2] Khalil, M., Said, M., Osman, H., Younis, N., Khaled N., Amr, Y., Mohamed, N.A., Ibrahim, A., 2020. Dark comets: the cosmic catastrophic threat to earth, 8 (1) (2020) 27-28 https://doi.org/10.14419/ijaa.v8i1.30740.
[3] Khalil, M., Said, M., Osman, H., Younis, N., Khaled N., Amr, Y., Mohamed, N.A., Ibrahim, A., 2020. The Dazzling Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE): The Comet of The Century, 8 (2) (2020) 35-36. https://doi.org/10.14419/ijaa.v8i2.31149.
[4] Meech, K.J., Weryk, R., Micheli, M., Kleyna, J.T., Hainaut, O.R., Jedicke, R., Wainscoat, R.J., Chambers, K.C., Keane, J.V., Petric, A. and Denneau, L., 2017. A brief visit from a red and extremely elongated interstellar asteroid. Nature, 552(7685), pp.378-381. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature25020.
[5] Seligman, D. and Laughlin, G., 2020. Evidence that 1I/2017 U1 (‘Oumuamua) was Composed of Molecular Hydrogen Ice. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 896(1), p.L8. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ab963f.
[6] Sugiura, K., 2020. Application: Extremely Elongated Shape of 1I/‘Oumuamua. In Development of a Numerical Simulation Method for Rocky Body Impacts and Theoretical Analysis of Asteroidal Shapes (pp. 105-123). Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-3722-6_5.
[7] Astronomy now: 'Oumuamua was a unique object. Now astronomers think there could be trillions just like it (2020). https://astronomynow.com/2020/04/14/oumuamua-was-a-unique-object-now-astronomers-think-there-could-be-trillions-just-like-it/.
[8] CNN: Meet 'Oumuamua, the first observed interstellar visitor to our solar system (2017). https://edition.cnn.com/2017/11/20/world/first-interstellar-object-solar-system/index.html.
[9] Earth Sky: 5 things we know – and 5 we don’t – about 'Oumuamua (2018). https://earthsky.org/space/5-things-we-know-dont-about-oumuamua.
[10] NASA: Chasing 'Oumuamua (2018). .https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/chasing-oumuamua
[11] NASA: What We Know—And Don't Know—About 'Oumuamua. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/473/what-we-knowand-dont-knowabout-ou-muamua/#:~:text=All%20that%20astronomers%20have%20seen,a%20single%20point%20of%20light.&text=But%20besides%20its%20elongated%20nature,its%20exact%20appearance%20is%20unknown.
[12] Physics world: Interstellar object ‘Oumuamua is an asteroid, not a comet argues astrophysicist (2018). https://physicsworld.com/a/interstellar-object-oumuamua-is-an-asteroid-not-a-comet-argues-astrophysicist/
[13] SPACE: 'Oumuamua: The First Interstellar Object (2019). https://www.space.com/oumuamua.html.
[14] The New York times: 'Oumuamua: neither comet nor asteroid, but a cosmic iceberg, 2020. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/15/science/oumuamua-astronomy-comets.html#:~:text=Now%20a%20pair%20of%20Yale,a%20chunk%20of%20frozen%20hydrogen.
-
Downloads
-
How to Cite
Khalil, M., Said, M., Osman, H., Younis, N., Khaled, N., Amr, Y., A. Mohamed, N., & Ibrahim, A. (2021). ’Oumuamua: A Mysterious Visitor From Deep Space. International Journal of Advanced Astronomy, 9(1), 24-25. https://doi.org/10.14419/ijaa.v9i1.31381Received date: 2021-01-08
Accepted date: 2021-02-06
Published date: 2021-02-19