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Benedict Arnold

Do you really think that the elongated interstellar object zooming through space, Oumuamua, is really of extraterrestrial origin?

Posted - November 18, 2018
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  • 8214
    If it is it was poorly designed, visually speaking.  
      November 18, 2018 5:14 AM MST
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  • 5391
    Anything not formed on this earth is, by definition, extraterrestrial. So yes, by the letter of your question, it surely is. 
    Do I think that it is a craft built by otherworld life forms? Probably not, but it’s too soon to negate the idea. 

    To quote Hamlet: “There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.” This post was edited by Don Barzini at November 18, 2018 9:28 AM MST
      November 18, 2018 6:28 AM MST
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  • 6988
    First I better consult the latest issue of 'Scientific American'. 
      November 18, 2018 6:45 AM MST
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  • Prepare for the big kaboom. 

      November 18, 2018 8:26 AM MST
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  • 22891
    have no idea
      November 18, 2018 1:49 PM MST
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  • 3719
    It's extra-terrestrial by definition, as Don Barzini says.

    Whether it's natural or artificial is a totally different matter.

    My guess is that it is simply a natural object among hundreds if not thousands in the Solar System, but it is so small (astronomically) and has such a far-flung, long-duration orbit it's not been previously been seen.
      November 20, 2018 3:30 PM MST
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