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New paper

On the Anomalous Acceleration of 1I/2017 U1 `Oumuamua Darryl Seligman, Gregory Laughlin, Konstantin Batygin (Submitted on 12 Mar 2019)

Worthy news articles?

News article of possible interest^[1]^[2] - iac - Stay Safe and Healthy !! - Drbogdan (talk) 00:59, 16 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Karlis, Nicole (15 September 2021). "The once-sedate astronomy world is quarreling over whether 'Oumuamua was an alien craft - Alien probe or a "chunk of Pluto"? The scientific debate over 'Oumuamua continues". Salon. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
^ Loeb, Avi (19 September 2021). "Astronomers Should be Willing to Look Closer at Weird Objects in the Sky - The Galileo Project seeks to train telescopes on unidentified aerial phenomena". Scientific American. Retrieved 19 September 2021.

I don't think so. The first article is pretty overstated. From the text, the only one claiming 'Oumuamua is potentially artificial is Avi Loeb and a few of his colleagues. This isn't something the "astronomy world" is quarreling over. Most of the community has just decided to ignore Dr. Loeb. So the article doesn't really add to the discussion of the subject in this article. For the second article, it's all about unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP). There's just a brief mention of 'Oumuamua at the end: "Similarly, the strange `Oumuamua has been interpreted as a new type of asteroid, such as a frozen chunk of pure hydrogen or nitrogen. But what if high-resolution images of such a weird object revealed buttons? It could encourage us to learn more by landing on the surface..." Dr. Loeb is just using 'Oumuamua as an example of how we can learn things by getting better data on unusual objects, not saying anything new about 'Oumuamua itself. Fcrary (talk) 23:20, 19 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Agree with Fcrary. Nobody but Avi Loeb is still pushing rhe Alien Spacecraft wreck idea. Too bad. It DID sound cool. Then Reality came to call.... --Pete Tillman (talk) 23:48, 19 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

This Alien malarkey reminds me of Percival Lowell and his canals on Mars. -- Kheider (talk) 01:15, 19 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Why is there an apostrophe before O Seaweed Brain1993 (talk) 15:55, 1 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

It is a glottal stop, which is common in Polynesian languages. Netherzone (talk) 16:07, 1 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Ok

Seaweed Brain1993 (talk) 10:32, 3 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

This article is written in English. I wouldn't expect us to remove the apostrophe, but perhaps a pronunciation guide would be useful. On the other hand, Dr Loeb in his book doesn't use a glottal stop when he tells us how to pronounce it. --142.163.194.149 (talk) 17:23, 12 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

[SLN-20210915-1] Karlis, Nicole (15 September 2021). "The once-sedate astronomy world is quarreling over whether 'Oumuamua was an alien craft - Alien probe or a "chunk of Pluto"? The scientific debate over 'Oumuamua continues". Salon. Retrieved 15 September 2021.

[SA-20210919-2] Loeb, Avi (19 September 2021). "Astronomers Should be Willing to Look Closer at Weird Objects in the Sky - The Galileo Project seeks to train telescopes on unidentified aerial phenomena". Scientific American. Retrieved 19 September 2021.

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