Obwohl die Orbitalelemente weiter verfeinert werden können, ist dies mit ziemlicher Sicherheit ein interstellares Objekt. Mit einer Exzentrizität von ~ 6 schreit es im Grunde genommen aus dem interstellaren Raum. Die geschätzte Größe (~ 20 km) ist viel größer als die von Borisov oder ʻOumuamua.
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https://earthsky.org/space/new-interstellar-object-candidate-heading-toward-the-sun-a11pl3z/
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It’s extremely cool that this was observed using the ITelescope remote observatories as well that anyone can rent! I haven’t used them in years because it’s pretty pricey, but honestly it would be pretty cool as an amateur to make these sort of discoveries!
Looking at the trajectory and timing, I’m guessing it’s going to be towards the end of the year when it’ll be most „visible“ since it will have passed the sun? I use visible loosely because of the distance making me doubt there’s any chance of it being visible to the eye, but rather being the time when we’re likely to be doing a lot of telescope observing.
Ok, no, I know, but „interstellar object coming straight towards our sun“ did blink a brief „photoid warning“ in my head. And even then, anything 20 Km across travelling in our general direction at 0.023 c sure does better miss.
Are there rockets that could quickly launch a probe to go take a look at it? Are there any probes that could be quickly available to do the looking?