Interstellar asteroids and comets: planetary dynamics meets galactic dynamics
Event Start:
2020-02-24T15:00:00
Event End:
2020-02-24T16:00:00
Event Information:
In 2017, the first asteroid to enter our Solar System from interstellar space was discovered at the Pan-STARRS telescope in Hawaii, and has now been named 'Oumuamua, a Hawaiian term which signifies 'Messenger from Afar'. In 2019 a second interstellar visitor, comet Borisov (named after its discoverer) appeared. Curiously, they have contrasting properties: 'Oumuamua is rocky and relatively slow (both unexpected beforehand) while Borisov is the reverse: icy and fast.
Event Location:
Hennings 318
Speaker:
Paul Wiegert (Western)
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Event Start:
2020-02-24T15:00:00
Event End:
2020-02-24T16:00:00
Interstellar asteroids and comets: planetary dynamics meets galactic dynamics
Event Information:
In 2017, the first asteroid to enter our Solar System from interstellar space was discovered at the Pan-STARRS telescope in Hawaii, and has now been named 'Oumuamua, a Hawaiian term which signifies 'Messenger from Afar'. In 2019 a second interstellar visitor, comet Borisov (named after its discoverer) appeared. Curiously, they have contrasting properties: 'Oumuamua is rocky and relatively slow (both unexpected beforehand) while Borisov is the reverse: icy and fast.
Event Location:
Hennings 318