Citations:ʻOumuamua

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English citations of ʻOumuamua

Proper noun: "interstellar object passing through the Solar System"

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  • 2017 November 20, Alan Boyle, “Aloha, ‘Oumuamua! Scientists confirm that interstellar asteroid is a cosmic oddball”, in GeekWire[1]:
    Scientists say the interstellar asteroid known as ‘Oumuamua is like nothing that’s been seen in the solar system before, with an “extreme oblong shape” that’s as much as 10 times as long as it is wide.
  • 2019 February 18, Phil Plait, “No, 'Oumuamua Is Not an Alien Spaceship. It Might Be Even Weirder”, in SYFY[2]:
    Oh, you remember 'Oumuamua. It caused quite a stir last year; first seen in late 2017 by the Pan-STARRS survey telescope in Hawaii, it was quickly found to have a very unusual orbit.