Harvard physicist Avi Loeb is not shy about his idea that the interstellar visitor of Earth 2017 is an outside craft and plans to release a book to defend his claim with more precision.
The book, entitled ‘Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth,’ argues the consensus that Oumuamu is not a comet or an asteroid, but a light sail – a means of moving a spaceship.
In a recent interview with Salon Loeb explains that Oumuamu showed too much pushing, which he believes comes from sunlight.
‘So a light sail is just like the sail on a ship that reflects the wind, the wind pushes it,’ Loeb told Salon.
‘In the case of a light sail, it is the light visible from its surface that gives it the kick, the push. Light is made up of grains called photons. ‘
Loeb also puts pressure on a former visitor last year who was considered an asteroid, but was in fact a rocket fired.
They were elevated from a failed mission to a lunar landing, Surveyor II, up through space with the same oversupply as Oumuamu because of its interior, Loeb claims.
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Oumuamua was discovered in October 2017 by a telescope in Hawaii millions of miles away. Now, physics reveals details of why it is thought to be an artificial object.
Oumuamua was discovered in October 2017 by a telescope in Hawaii millions of miles away.
The red rock is thought to be 1,300 feet (400 meters) long and is moving away from the Earth and the sun at over 16 miles (26 kilometers) per second.
At the time of this discovery, Loeb received backing from scientists after claiming that the object was a piece of technology thrown out of aliens.
However, that did not stop him from publishing a new book on January 26 with details that support his claim that Oumuamua was a light-hearted alien sail.
Harvard physicist Avi Loeb is not shy about his notion that Earth’s 2017 intersex visitor is an outside craft. In a recent interview with Salon Loeb explains that Oumuamu showed too much pushing, which he believes comes from sunlight. ‘So a light sail is just like the sail on a ship that is exposed to the wind, the wind is pushing it,’ he said.
Loeb tells Salon that when Oumuamu was first observed sunlight reflected off the surface changing by a factor of 10, which means it has an extreme geometry.
The book, entitled ‘Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth,’ argues the consensus that Oumuamu is not a comet or an asteroid, but a light sail
‘Even if you think a piece of razor-thin paper is falling in the wind, the projected area in your direction does not change by more than a factor of 10, because the chance of being seen on a very small edge, ‘he explained.
‘It’s falling in the wind. So this object seemed to have extreme geometry. ‘
Oumuamu quickly entered the Solar System, which inspired the idea that it could be a comet.
However, there is no financial way to explain its over-push.
Loeb describes another sight seen in space last year that exhibited the same movement.
It was called 2020-SO and scientists first suggested that it is an asteroid that would become the minimoon on Earth.
Scientists around the world watched as the mysterious object moved closer to Earth over the months.
Oumuamu quickly entered the Solar System, which inspired the idea that it could be a comet. However, there is no financial way to explain too much pushing
Loeb describes another sight seen in space last year that exhibited the same movement. It was called 2020-SO and scientists first suggested that it is an asteroid that would become the minimoon on Earth
It wasn’t until December that it came close enough for experts to better understand what could be.
‘It turned out that this one was a rocket booster from a failed mission to a lunar lawyer, Surveyor II, which was launched in 1966,’ Loeb said.
‘So astronomers figured it was inhabiting the Earth if you go back in time to 1966.’
This item showed the same overpowering as it was a very thin holy elevation, allowing it to push through the sunlight, he explained.
‘This one turned out to be a rocket booster from a failed mission to a lunar lawyer, Surveyor II, which was launched in 1966,’ Loeb said. He was able to travel through space because he was a saint inside
‘We know it’s done artistically. There was no silver tail, ‘said Loeb.
‘We know we did it. So that provides evidence that we can tell the difference between a rock and something that is pushed by sunlight.
The only way to know the specific origins of Oumuamua is by troubling it, but the thing is already too far removed.
‘So we missed the opportunity,’ he said. ‘It’s like you have a guest for dinner, before you realize it’s weird, it’s already out the front door into the dark street. That was the first guest, and we should look for more. ‘