Nov 21st, 2017 : Oumuamua

[xoxoxoBruce]

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.

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.