“This research is exciting in that we have probably solved the mystery of what O Omuamua is and we can reasonably identify it as part of the planet’s ‘exo-pluto’ like Pluto in other solar systems,” said ASU astrophysicist Steven Deshe, in a press release. . “So far, we have no way of knowing if other solar systems have planets like Pluto, but now we have seen the amount of a pass through Earth.”
The country noted that some people considered Omuamua to be something arising from aliens, but said it could be the result of an inability to “immediately explain it in detail”.
“Everyone is interested in aliens,” Desi said, “and it was inevitable that this first object from outside the solar system would make people think of aliens.” “But in science it is important not to go to that conclusion. The natural explanation – a piece of nitrogen ice – took two or three years to figure out what matched everything we know about Omuamua. It’s not long in science, and let’s just say we’ve eliminated all natural revelations. “
Rather than aliens, Deshech’s study with fellow ASU researcher and astronomer, Lan Lan Jackson, showed that Omuamua is indeed a piece of solid nitrogen. Pairing with a planet like Pluto is the reason why the object is concluded, because the surface of Pluto is also made of solid nitrogen.
Jackson said that about half a billion years ago, about half a billion years ago, the surface of a planet was knocked down, at which time it was thrown out of its solar system. Floating in space of about 200,000 miles per hour, it finally reached our solar system.
“Omuamua was not flat when it entered our solar system, but melted into a sliver, losing more than 95% of its people during its close encounter with the sun,” Jackson said in a press release.
The international object passes through Earth as a strange, cigar-shaped object, but when it first leaves its original point it probably looks like something like a comet. Jackson said the outer layers of solid nitrogen evaporated as they floated in space, especially as it tolerates the heat of our sun, leading to its flattened shape. They compared this shedding of nitrogen levels in such a way that a bar of soap would slowly come out as it was used.
Both of them theorized different types of ice for object objects, but studies have shown that they had to contain nitrogen.
“We knew that when we completed the calculation of the albedo (the amount of phenomenon light or radiation that is reflected by the surface) we had an effect on the correct idea,” Jackson said, adding that Omuamua’s motion matched observations. “That value turned out to be exactly what we need on the surface of Pluto or Triton, corpses coated with bodies in nitrogen ice.”
NASA said in 2018 that Omuamua is “the first object ever seen in our solar system to be found to have originated elsewhere.” “As international objects like Omuamua are discovered, scientists like ourselves can continue to learn more about what is outside our solar system,” said Dashek and Jacques.
“It is hoped that in a decade or so we will be able to obtain statistics on what types of substances pass through the solar system, and if parts of nitrogen ice are scarce or as common as we calculated,” Jackson said. “Either way, we should be able to learn a lot about other solar systems, and whether they’ve gone through the same kind of collision history that we did.”
For more science, read about these possible signs of life found on Venus and then read about how the Galactic Federation of Aliens could interact with the US and Israeli governments. Check out this story about a study that claims that alien cultures have destroyed themselves through subsequent progress.
Wesley LeBlanc is an independent news writer and guide producer for IGN. You can follow him Twitter @LeBlancWes.
