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Might not be interstellar https://mobile.twitter.com/AscendingNode/status/923223634386206720 https://mobile.twitter.com/AscendingNode/status/923223634386...
by itg 9y ago
Might not be interstellar
https://mobile.twitter.com/AscendingNode/status/923223634386206720 https://mobile.twitter.com/AscendingNode/status/923223634386...
- snowwrestler 9y agoRead the whole thread; seems like no one else can reproduce this.
- okket 9y agoPlease also read https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/mpml/conversations/messages/33145 https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/mpml/conversations/messa... > AscendingNode's tweet is in error: It's using the basic find_orb fit (which tries to fit the object's observations to a parabolic orbit) without taking into account the fact that it COULD be interstellar. > You'll notice quite clearly, that in the follow-up tweets they make, that they give residuals in the orbit on the order of 6-9 whole arcseconds. It's quite bothersome that everyone I've been talking to has been re-quoting the tweet all day.
- banku_brougham 9y agoMy Twitter feed didn’t become something amazing like this one seems to have, I’m envious and wondering if it was a lack of discipline on my part.