Study of Recent Interstellar Asteroid Reveals Bizarre Shape (bbc.com)

JoeRobe writes: A few weeks ago an interstellar asteroid, now named "Oumuamua," was discovered passing through our solar system. Being the first interstellar asteroid to ever be observed, a flurry of observations soon followed. This week, an accelerated article in Nature reveals that Oumuamua is more bizarre than originally thought: it is elongated, with a 10:1 aspect ratio, and rapidly rotating. This conclusion is based upon comparisons of its time-dependent light curve to those from 20,000 known asteroids.

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It's the first trans-galactic rock we've noticed

[Anonymous Coward]

Let's not name it or decide how weird it is yet, thanks.