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Artist impression of asteroid Oumuamua

by

Nasa/ESA/Novapix

Reference

a-ast99-99004

Date

2018-08-29

This artist’s impression shows the first interstellar object discovered in the Solar System, Oumuamua. An outgassing can be seen in this artist’s impression as a subtle cloud being ejected from the side of the object facing the Sun. As outgassing is a behaviour typical for comets, researchers think that `Oumuamua’s previous classification as an interstellar asteroid has to be corrected.