'Oumuamua: The First Interstellar Visitor (Prof. Phil Armitage; Stony Brook University and the Flatiron Institute)

Desde Marzo 22, 2019 14:15 hasta Marzo 22, 2019 14:45

En Instituto de Astrofísica, Pontificia Universidad Católica, Vicuña Mackenna 4860, Santiago, Chile

Categorías: Seminarios

The first object of unambiguously interstellar origin, 'Oumuamua, passed through the inner Solar System in 2017. The existence of interstellar objects is an inevitable consequence of planet formation, but the estimated abundance and individual properties of 'Oumuamua pose many puzzles. I will discuss some of the mysteries, and the prospects for using more such objects as a new probe of planet formation.