Omuamua extra solar system object. Dr. Steve Desch Professor of Astrophysics at ASU

February 7, 2023 Dr. Steve Desch professor of astrophysics in the School of Earth and Space Exploration at ASU

Topic: Omuamua extra solar system object. The first confirmed object from another star to visit our solar system, this interstellar interloper appears to be a rocky, cigar-shaped object with a somewhat reddish hue. The object, named ‘Oumuamua by its discoverers, is up to one-quarter mile (400 meters) long and highly-elongated—perhaps 10 times as long as it is wide. That aspect ratio is greater than that of any asteroid or comet observed in our solar system to date. While its elongated shape is quite surprising, and unlike objects seen in our solar system, it may provide new clues into how other solar systems formed.






        
            
                                                

                    
                    
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