11-20-2018, 11:00 AM
I did a search for `Oumuamua; nobody has discussed it here?
I was wondering about something. Astronomers were getting different estimates for its dimensions. It seems to be long and thin, but 3km, 10km, or something else?
So I was wondering if random impacts might have left it with a more unusual shape. Pieces might break off, but gravity might pull them back together in (seemingly) random fashion.
Is it too unlikely that `Oumuamua is shaped like: A spoon, a fork, a tractor, a desk lamp...? Not exactly like those (probably) but fairly close. That might explain the inconsistent estimates on its size and proportions.
On the other hand, I haven't actually studied to data leading to those results...oh, well.
I was wondering about something. Astronomers were getting different estimates for its dimensions. It seems to be long and thin, but 3km, 10km, or something else?
So I was wondering if random impacts might have left it with a more unusual shape. Pieces might break off, but gravity might pull them back together in (seemingly) random fashion.
Is it too unlikely that `Oumuamua is shaped like: A spoon, a fork, a tractor, a desk lamp...? Not exactly like those (probably) but fairly close. That might explain the inconsistent estimates on its size and proportions.
On the other hand, I haven't actually studied to data leading to those results...oh, well.