Zathrus~SPARTA~ Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 Hello all, You may have seen that in October of this year they detected an asteroid entering our solar system from deep space. This object is interesting in that it is interstellar, but it's shape is even more intriguing. It has an odd shape of being elongated to the extreme. The most elongated asteroid ever detected in our solar system has a length of 3 times its diameter. This object has a length 10 times its diameter... which is puzzling scientists. It is roughly 40 meters in diameter with a length of 400 meters... basically cigar shaped. They have detected no water or dust around it and think it is made of very dense rock and/or metal. It is traveling at a little more than 87,000mph and is currently exiting the solar system. Based on the data, they have produced an illustration of what they think it looks like. They are currently surveying it with Hubble and several large earth based telescopes. All I can say is as we increase our detection capabilities... the universe continues to amaze us with things we have never encountered before... and I think it will continue to do so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zathrus~SPARTA~ Posted November 23, 2017 Author Share Posted November 23, 2017 When we see something like this, you wonder... was this thing elongated by being ejected from the event horizon of a blackhole? or acted on by some unimaginable gravitational force? I am certain the shape of this asteroid has a very interesting story Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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