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We may have found another 'Oumuamua.....


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Interesting. Jupiter may have messed with it, but it is possible that it's not from this system...

18 minutes ago, Shpaget said:

Can we call it something not impossible to read/pronounce?

I propose "Bill".

Can't argue with a name like that.

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The linked Wikipedia article seems to think F4 is an "ordinary" hyperbolic comet, originating from our own Oort Cloud or Kuiper Belt.  There's plenty of uncertainty in the orbital elements at this point to suggest it might even be on a closed orbit (with aphelion many light-hours out).  Once we have more observation history we'll be able to tell more.  There's also the question whether it's an asteroid or comet, which we'll also better know in a few months -- for instance, if it develops a coma or even a tail as it gets closer to the Sun (which 'Oumuamua never did). 

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