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Six Strange Facts About`Oumuamua

Abraham Loeb

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Abstract

`Oumuamua is nothing like we expected or seen before in the Solar System.

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Published in Observations, Scientific American (November 20, 2018); https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/6-strange-facts-about-the-interstellar-visitor-oumuamua/
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physics.pop-phPopular Physics astro-ph.EPEarth and Planetary Astrophysics astro-ph.SRSolar and Stellar Astrophysics

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    • I haven't read that book yet, but if I understand correctly his reasoning for the "space buoy" hypothesis is that Oumuamua's velocity was quite close to the Local Standard of Rest. Is that accurate? At least, that's the reasoning he claims in his "Six Strange Facts…

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