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ESO Observations Show First Interstellar #Asteroid is Like Nothing Seen Before
VLT (The Very Large Telescope) reveals dark, reddish and highly-elongated object
For the first time ever astronomers have studied an asteroid that has entered the Solar System from interstellar space. Observations from ESO’s Very Large Telescope in Chile and other observatories around the world show that this unique object was traveling through space for millions of years before its chance encounter with our star system. It appears to be a dark, reddish, highly-elongated rocky or high-metal-content object. The new results appear in the journal Nature on 20 November 2017.
#Astronomy #Astrophysics #VLT #ESO
VLT (The Very Large Telescope) reveals dark, reddish and highly-elongated object
For the first time ever astronomers have studied an asteroid that has entered the Solar System from interstellar space. Observations from ESO’s Very Large Telescope in Chile and other observatories around the world show that this unique object was traveling through space for millions of years before its chance encounter with our star system. It appears to be a dark, reddish, highly-elongated rocky or high-metal-content object. The new results appear in the journal Nature on 20 November 2017.
#Astronomy #Astrophysics #VLT #ESO
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4k Wallpaper Asteroid Burning Atmosphere #4k #Asteroid #Atmosphere #Burning #Wallpaper
4k Wallpaper Asteroid Burning Atmosphere is an HD desktop wallpaper posted in our free image collection of awesome-4k-wallpapers wallpapers. You can download 4k Wallpaper Asteroid Burning Atmosphere high definition background image and use it on your…
4k Wallpaper Asteroid Burning Atmosphere is an HD desktop wallpaper posted in our free image collection of awesome-4k-wallpapers wallpapers. You can download 4k Wallpaper Asteroid Burning Atmosphere high definition background image and use it on your…
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#NASA tracks cigar-shaped #Interstellar #Asteroid as it passes through our #SolarSystem #clarksville #space #science
Written by Dwayne Brown / Laurie Cantillo NASA Headquarters Washington, D.C. – Astronomers recently scrambled to observe an intriguing asteroid that zipped through the solar system on a steep trajectory from interstellar space-the first confirmed object…
Written by Dwayne Brown / Laurie Cantillo NASA Headquarters Washington, D.C. – Astronomers recently scrambled to observe an intriguing asteroid that zipped through the solar system on a steep trajectory from interstellar space-the first confirmed object…
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1st Interstellar #asteroid Assumes As A Spinning #space #Cigar - #spacemissopn #spaceresearch #NASA #spacecenter #spaceprogram http://www.tycoonstory.com/research/the-1st-interstellar-asteroid-assumes-as-a-spinning-space-cigar/
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#First #known #interstellar #asteroid is #cigarshaped '#oddball' #socialnews
Washington, Nov 21 (IANS) An interstellar asteroid that was first found passing through our solar system in mid-October is a cigar-shaped object which is quite unlike asteroids seen in our solar system, new research has found. “This thing is an oddball,”…
Washington, Nov 21 (IANS) An interstellar asteroid that was first found passing through our solar system in mid-October is a cigar-shaped object which is quite unlike asteroids seen in our solar system, new research has found. “This thing is an oddball,”…
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#PotentiallyHazardous #Asteroid will make its closet pass by #Earth in over 4 decades, #NASA confirms
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#Dinosaurs could have avoided mass extinction if the killer #asteroid had landed anywhere else http://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/dinosaurs-could-ve-survived-if-the-killer-asteroid-had-landed-anywhere-else-117111300097_1.html
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An #asteroid, also known as the Chicxulub Impactor, hit Earth some 66 million years ago, causing a crater 180 km wide. The impact of the asteroid heated organic matter in rocks and ejected it into the atmosphere, forming soot in the stratosphere.
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