A brief visit from a red and extremely elongated interstellar asteroid

Karen J. Meech (), Robert Weryk, Marco Micheli, Jan T. Kleyna, Olivier R. Hainaut, Robert Jedicke, Richard J. Wainscoat, Kenneth C. Chambers, Jacqueline V. Keane, Andreea Petric, Larry Denneau, Eugene Magnier, Travis Berger, Mark E. Huber, Heather Flewelling, Chris Waters, Eva Schunova-Lilly and Serge Chastel
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Karen J. Meech: Institute for Astronomy
Robert Weryk: Institute for Astronomy
Marco Micheli: ESA SSA-NEO Coordination Centre
Jan T. Kleyna: Institute for Astronomy
Olivier R. Hainaut: European Southern Observatory
Robert Jedicke: Institute for Astronomy
Richard J. Wainscoat: Institute for Astronomy
Kenneth C. Chambers: Institute for Astronomy
Jacqueline V. Keane: Institute for Astronomy
Andreea Petric: Institute for Astronomy
Larry Denneau: Institute for Astronomy
Eugene Magnier: Institute for Astronomy
Travis Berger: Institute for Astronomy
Mark E. Huber: Institute for Astronomy
Heather Flewelling: Institute for Astronomy
Chris Waters: Institute for Astronomy
Eva Schunova-Lilly: Institute for Astronomy
Serge Chastel: Institute for Astronomy

Nature, 2017, vol. 552, issue 7685, 378-381

Abstract: The first interstellar object to be detected in the Solar System is asteroidal in nature and has a shape unlike any Solar System body, with a length about ten times its width.

Date: 2017
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