Re: An interstellar asteroid​ ​has been found

2017-10-30 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 30 Oct 2017, at 12:34, ronaldheld wrote: On Sunday, October 29, 2017 at 12:25:51 PM UTC-4, John Clark wrote: For the first time an asteroid has been found that follows a hyperbolic path not a elliptical one, that means it is not in orbit around the sun but is freely traveling between

Re: An interstellar asteroid​ ​has been found

2017-10-30 Thread ronaldheld
On Sunday, October 29, 2017 at 12:25:51 PM UTC-4, John Clark wrote: > > For the first time an asteroid has been found that follows a hyperbolic > path not a elliptical one, that means it is not in orbit around the sun but > is freely traveling between the stars. It's about 1300 feet across and

Re: An interstellar asteroid​ ​has been found

2017-10-29 Thread spudboy100 via Everything List
~Dr. Hugo Braunschwigger At the European Astrophysical Institute University of Schmeckelsdorf am Rhein -Original Message- From: John Clark <johnkcl...@gmail.com> To: everything-list <everything-list@googlegroups.com> Sent: Sun, Oct 29, 2017 12:29 pm Subject: An interstellar ast

An interstellar asteroid​ ​has been found

2017-10-29 Thread John Clark
For the first time an asteroid has been found that follows a hyperbolic path not a elliptical one, that means it is not in orbit around the sun but is freely traveling between the stars. It's about 1300 feet across and was discovered on Oct 19 after it had already made its closest approach to