Sci-Five | The Hindu Science quiz: on Oumuamua
This artist’s impression reveals the first-known interstellar object to go to the photo voltaic system, ‘Oumuamua’, which was found on October 19, 2017, by the Pan-STARRS 1 telescope in Hawaii, U.S., with subsequent observations from ESO’s Very Large Telescope in Chile and different observatories around the globe.
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When do you assume Oumuamua was found?
1I/2017 U1, or Oumuamua, was found on October 19, 2017 by the University of Hawaii’s Pan-STARRS1 telescope.
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Oumuamua (pronounced oh MOO-uh MOO-uh) is the Hawaiian title given to the article by its discoverers. What do you assume it means?
- A messenger from afar arriving first
- The first runner amongst relay racers
- A runner passing by way of our place
- A visitor who concludes his go to in a short time
The object was formally named 1I/2017 U1 by the International Astronomical Union.
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Latest analysis has concluded that Oumuamua is a…
- Asteroid
- Comet
- Space junk
- An alien spacecraft
Two U.S. scientists have just lately submitted a paper saying Oumuamua is only a comet.
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Were there every other interstellar objects found after Oumuamua?
- Yes, quite a bit.
- None up to now to hitch Oumuamua
- A comet has been found
- Oumuamua’s standing itself is disputed
The second interstellar object, Comet Borisov (additionally referred to as 2I Borisov), was found by Russian novice astronomer Gennady Borisov on August 30, 2019
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The International Astronomical Union, which formally names celestial objects comparable to Oumuamua, relies at…
The Paris-based IAU was based in 1919
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