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https://avi-loeb.medium.com/oumuamua-was-not-a-hydrogen-water-iceberg-1dd2f7a6107f Looks like the hydrogen theory is bust, so to my knowledge it looks like pretty much every proposed explanation for what this thing was has been shot down. — '''''<small>[[User:Insertcleverphrasehere|Insertcleverphrasehere]]<sup>([[User talk:Insertcleverphrasehere|or here]])<small><sub>([[Special:contributions/Insertcleverphrasehere|or here)]]<sup>([[WP:NPP|or here]])</sup></sub></small></sup></small>''''' 19:39, 21 June 2023 (UTC) |
https://avi-loeb.medium.com/oumuamua-was-not-a-hydrogen-water-iceberg-1dd2f7a6107f Looks like the hydrogen theory is bust, so to my knowledge it looks like pretty much every proposed explanation for what this thing was has been shot down. — '''''<small>[[User:Insertcleverphrasehere|Insertcleverphrasehere]]<sup>([[User talk:Insertcleverphrasehere|or here]])<small><sub>([[Special:contributions/Insertcleverphrasehere|or here)]]<sup>([[WP:NPP|or here]])</sup></sub></small></sup></small>''''' 19:39, 21 June 2023 (UTC) |
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== Closest Approach and Golden Ratio == |
== Closest Approach to Earth and Golden Ratio == |
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The closest approach distance in AU is currently listed as 0.1618 AU (24,200,000 km; 15,040,000 mi). The source of that is a web pages which list the closest approach as "24,000,000 km" or "15,000,000 mi" https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/news/a28958/first-interstellar-object-gets-a-name/ and those figures would result in 0.1604 AU or 0.1613 AU, not 0.1618 AU. The extra 200,000 km or 40,000 mi in those figures has been chosen by someone to make the closest approach match the Golden ratio to 4 significant figures. <!-- Template:Unsigned --><small class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Lamontcg|Lamontcg]] ([[User talk:Lamontcg#top|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Lamontcg|contribs]]) 17:19, 2 September 2023 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> |
The closest approach distance in AU is currently listed as 0.1618 AU (24,200,000 km; 15,040,000 mi). The source of that is a web pages which list the closest approach as "24,000,000 km" or "15,000,000 mi" https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/news/a28958/first-interstellar-object-gets-a-name/ and those figures would result in 0.1604 AU or 0.1613 AU, not 0.1618 AU. The extra 200,000 km or 40,000 mi in those figures has been chosen by someone to make the closest approach match the Golden ratio to 4 significant figures. <!-- Template:Unsigned --><small class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Lamontcg|Lamontcg]] ([[User talk:Lamontcg#top|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Lamontcg|contribs]]) 17:19, 2 September 2023 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> |
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Scientists think they know why interstellar object 'Oumuamua moved so strangely -- Beland (talk) 21:27, 22 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
https://avi-loeb.medium.com/oumuamua-was-not-a-hydrogen-water-iceberg-1dd2f7a6107f Looks like the hydrogen theory is bust, so to my knowledge it looks like pretty much every proposed explanation for what this thing was has been shot down. — Insertcleverphrasehere(or here)(or here)(or here) 19:39, 21 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
The closest approach distance in AU is currently listed as 0.1618 AU (24,200,000 km; 15,040,000 mi). The source of that is a web pages which list the closest approach as "24,000,000 km" or "15,000,000 mi" https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/news/a28958/first-interstellar-object-gets-a-name/ and those figures would result in 0.1604 AU or 0.1613 AU, not 0.1618 AU. The extra 200,000 km or 40,000 mi in those figures has been chosen by someone to make the closest approach match the Golden ratio to 4 significant figures. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lamontcg (talk • contribs) 17:19, 2 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]