Nov 21st, 2017 : Oumuamua

xoxoxoBruce · 11-21-2017, 11:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Flint

I'll Devil's Advocate my own question: we only noticed this thing because of the variance in brightness, thus the shape, thus we noticed the orbit and determined it's origin. We wouldn't have paid that much attention to a regular-shaped object. This is just selection bias.

I don't think it's selection bias because the people watching the sky notice anything moving and try to identify it. It's sort of a competition to be the first to spot something new and possibly have it named after them.

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Originally Posted by Diaphone Jim

"I could be filled with little green men with
ray guns. Or insects, giant carnivorous insects. Or Nymphos… but probably not."

If this isn't a typo, then it explains a lot...but probably not.

It wasn't a typo.

glatt · 11-21-2017, 01:53 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

I don't think it's selection bias because the people watching the sky notice anything moving and try to identify it. It's sort of a competition to be the first to spot something new and possibly have it named after them.

Plus they have a new tool and a new mission to look for this type of thing.

Flint · 11-21-2017, 01:58 PM

Thanks, guys. I really wanted to go with my 1st impression: that this object is a heliocentric worldview-shattering discovery, opening up a whole new chapter of unexplained, weird stuff. Why have we never seen a thing this shape before?? How was it formed?? What kind of bizarre conditions would create such a thing??

Gravdigr · 11-21-2017, 01:58 PM

...death, by bunga bunga.

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