New Explanation for Oumuamua's Weird Shape

[Knight of Clear Skies]

https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/is-the-interstellar-visitor-oumuamua-a-fragment-of-a-shattered-alien-world

Sounds fairly plausible to me. Even if planet-shredding events are very rare a single event could produce billions or trillions of elongated fragments. I also wonder if the red giant stage and planetary nebulae formation could stir up outer stellar systems and eject lage numbers of bodies.

But what's really needed is a census of interstellar objects, Oumuamua types could be rare or it may be an outlier. The LSST may be able to provide his, as long as StarLink and its ilk don't wreck the data collection.

[ollypenrice]

2 minutes ago, Knight of Clear Skies said:

https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/is-the-interstellar-visitor-oumuamua-a-fragment-of-a-shattered-alien-world

Sounds fairly plausible to me. Even if planet-shredding events are very rare a single event could produce billions or trillions of elongated fragments. I also wonder if the red giant stage and planetary nebulae formation could stir up outer stellar systems and eject lage numbers of bodies.

But what's really needed is a census of interstellar objects, Oumuamua types could be rare or it may be an outlier. The LSST may be able to provide his, as long as StarLink and its ilk don't wreck the data collection.

One thing's for sure, the darned thing has irritable vowel syndrome.

Olly

[Macavity]

On 16/04/2020 at 14:13, Knight of Clear Skies said:

Sounds fairly plausible to me.

Indeed, a nice idea... Also came across random Oumuamua link recently:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2018/01/18/interstellar-visitor-oumuamua-was-shaped-by-cosmic-particles/
Set me thinking re. a (suprising?) number of elongated beach pebbles. 🤔

But then a lot of rock is originally stratified / crystalline? Also recalled Startrek's "Gorn Rock". lol.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasquez_Rocks
Featured in a number of Movie scenes! (Had also suspected that too!) 🥳

Edited April 19, 2020 by Macavity

[Horwig]

On 16/04/2020 at 14:16, ollypenrice said:

One thing's for sure, the darned thing has irritable vowel syndrome.

Olly

Hi Olly, once an English teacher, always an English teacher. (hope I spellt it al corectlly 😉)

Huw