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<\/p>\nOumuamua – in Hawaiian, meaning “a messenger that reaches out from the distant past.”<\/p>\n
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First it was labeled a comet, then it was labeled an asteroid.\u00a0 And finally, it’s being called a new class of “interstellar objects,” by Harvard University scientists who suggest\u00a0the cigar-shaped object spotted tumbling through our solar system last year may be a fully operational probe sent intentionally to Earth vicinity by an alien civilization.<\/p>\n
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The theory is based on the object’s “excess acceleration,” or its unexpected boost in speed as it traveled through and ultimately out of our solar system in January 2018.<\/p>\n
“Considering an artificial origin, one possibility is that ‘Oumuamua is a light sail, floating in interstellar space as a debris from an advanced technological equipment,” wrote the paper’s authors, suggesting that the object could be propelled by solar radiation.<\/p>\n
The paper, written by Abraham Loeb, professor and chair of astronomy, and Shmuel Bialy, a postdoctoral scholar, at the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, points out that comparable light-sails already exist on earth.<\/p>\n
“Light-sails with similar dimensions have been designed and constructed by our own civilization, including the IKAROS project and the Starshot Initiative. The light-sail technology might be abundantly used for transportation of cargos between planets or between stars.”<\/p>\n
In the paper, the pair theorize that the object’s high speed and its unusual trajectory could be the result of it no longer being operational.<\/p>\n
“This would account for the various anomalies of ‘Oumuamua, such as the unusual geometry inferred from its light-curve, its low thermal emission, suggesting high reflectivity, and its deviation from a Keplerian orbit without any sign of a cometary tail or spin-up torques.”<\/p>\n
‘Oumuamua is the first object ever seen in our solar system that is known to have originated elsewhere.<\/p>\n
(copied from here<\/a>)<\/p>\n ———–<\/p>\n Here’s the link to the research paper<\/a>.\u00a0 They are getting closer to figuring out how these big ships travel, but they’ve not quite got it yet.\u00a0 In my opinion, that’s a good thing they haven’t figured it out.\u00a0 Earthlings have long crapped on their own planet and its people.\u00a0 They haven’t proven to me they’d be good stewards in space.<\/p>\n Thank you for reading today's post. \r\nHave an InterStellar Day! ~PrP <\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Oumuamua – in Hawaiian, meaning “a messenger that reaches out from the distant past.” First it was labeled a comet, then it was labeled an asteroid.\u00a0 And finally, it’s being called a new class of “interstellar objects,” by Harvard University … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.orderlyrandomness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Mna0mIc.jpg\")
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