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What's the future for the study of Oumuamua? Apparently, it should be beyond the orbit of Saturn by the end of this month. Will we _ever_ know what it is defini
by nateberkopec 8y ago
What's the future for the study of Oumuamua? Apparently, it should be beyond the orbit of Saturn by the end of this month. Will we _ever_ know what it is definitively, or is it too late?
- anoncoward111 8y agoUnlikely that we will ever know for this specific object, but hopefully we will be more poised for future study ;) Oumuamua is moving way too fast for anything to catch up to it anytime soon. If I remember correctly it's moving about as fast as New Horizons in the 23km/s speed range. You would need lots of years to catch up to it!
- aspectmin 8y agoI would like to understand this better myself. If we dedicated some resources and say... a year until launch, could humanity (current state of tech) build something that could catch up to this thing in a reasonable (2, 3-5 year?) timeframe?