ʻOumuamua facts for kids
ʻOumuamua (Hawaiian: first messenger arriving from afar) is an object from another star system that visited our solar system. Its official name is 1I/2017 U1.
ʻOumuamua is the first interstellar object that we know has passed through our solar system. Oumuamua was first discovered on 19 October 2017 using the Pan-STARRS1 telescope at the Haleakala Observatory in Hawaii.
Its appearance is long and narrow, and it had a dark red color, similar to objects in the outer Solar System.
Images for kids
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Hyperbolic trajectory of ʻOumuamua through the inner Solar System with the Sun at the focus (animation)
See also
In Spanish: 1I/ʻOumuamua para niños
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