Animation of `Oumuamua passing through the Solar System
This animation shows the path of the interstellar asteroid 1I/2017 (`Oumuamua) through the Solar System. 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, L.Calcada. Music: Mylonite - MRP (Mylonite Recordz Production)
About the Video
| Id: | eso1737b |
| Release date: | 20 November 2017, 17:00 |
| Related releases: | eso1820, eso1737 |
| Duration: | 01 m 19 s |
| Frame rate: | 30 fps |
About the Object
| Type: | Milky Way : Interplanetary Body : Asteroid |
| Category: | Solar System |
