Animation of artist's concept of `Oumuamua
This animation of an artist's concept shows the interstellar asteroid 1I/2017 (`Oumuamua). Observations with ESO's Very Large Telescope and others have shown that this unique object is dark, reddish in colour and highly elongated.
Credit:ESO/M. Kornmesser
About the Video
| Id: | eso1737d |
| Release date: | 20 November 2017, 17:00 |
| Related releases: | eso1737 |
| Duration: | 14 s |
| Frame rate: | 30 fps |
About the Object
| Name: | 1I/2017 U1 (‘Oumuamua) |
| Type: | Milky Way : Interplanetary Body : Asteroid |
| Category: | Solar System |
