Rendezvous With Rama?
Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2017 3:03 pm
In October, astronomers using a powerful telescope in Hawaii caught sight
of something they'd never seen before: an asteroid from interstellar space
hurtling through our solar system. "We also found that it has a dark red
color, similar to objects in the outer solar system, and confirmed that
it is completely inert, without the faintest hint of dust around it,"
Meech, one of the authors of the new study, added. The asteroid appears
to be about 1,312 feet, or 400 meters, long, meaning that if you stood
it up on its end, it would be just slightly shorter than the Empire State
Building. The asteroid doesn't seem to play host to much ice or water,
but it could be rocky or metallic. Its red color comes from being bombarded
by radiation during its millions of years wandering the Milky Way through
interstellar space.
[youtube]http://youtu.be/Yzha7ji3lsM[/youtube]
of something they'd never seen before: an asteroid from interstellar space
hurtling through our solar system. "We also found that it has a dark red
color, similar to objects in the outer solar system, and confirmed that
it is completely inert, without the faintest hint of dust around it,"
Meech, one of the authors of the new study, added. The asteroid appears
to be about 1,312 feet, or 400 meters, long, meaning that if you stood
it up on its end, it would be just slightly shorter than the Empire State
Building. The asteroid doesn't seem to play host to much ice or water,
but it could be rocky or metallic. Its red color comes from being bombarded
by radiation during its millions of years wandering the Milky Way through
interstellar space.
[youtube]http://youtu.be/Yzha7ji3lsM[/youtube]