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A/2017 U7 and ʻOumuamua

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Difference between A/2017 U7 and ʻOumuamua

A/2017 U7 vs. ʻOumuamua

A/2017 U7 is a hyperbolic asteroid, first observed on 29 October 2017 by astronomers of the Pan-STARRS facility at Haleakala Observatory, Hawaii, United States when the object was from the Sun. ʻOumuamua is a mildly active comet, and the first known interstellar object to pass through the Solar System.

Similarities between A/2017 U7 and ʻOumuamua

A/2017 U7 and ʻOumuamua have 18 things in common (in Unionpedia): Astronomical unit, C/2018 C2 (Lemmon), Comet, Damocloid, Haleakala Observatory, Hyperbolic asteroid, Hyperbolic trajectory, Interstellar object, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, JPL Horizons On-Line Ephemeris System, Julian day, Jupiter, Minor Planet Center, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Oort cloud, Orbital eccentricity, Pan-STARRS, Solar System.

Astronomical unit

The astronomical unit (symbol: au, ua, or AU) is a unit of length, roughly the distance from Earth to the Sun.

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C/2018 C2 (Lemmon)

C/2018 C2 (Lemmon) is a hyperbolic comet (previously classified as A/2018 C2, a hyperbolic asteroid).

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Comet

A comet is an icy small Solar System body that, when passing close to the Sun, warms and begins to release gases, a process called outgassing.

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Damocloid

Damocloids are a class of minor planets such as 5335 Damocles and 1996 PW that have Halley-family or long-period highly eccentric orbits typical of periodic comets such as Halley's Comet, but without showing a cometary coma or tail.

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Haleakala Observatory

The Haleakalā Observatory, also known as the Haleakalā High Altitude Observatory Site, is Hawaii's first astronomical research observatory.

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Hyperbolic asteroid

A hyperbolic asteroid is any sort of asteroid or non-cometary astronomical object observed to have an orbit not bound to the Sun and will have an orbital eccentricity greater than 1 when near perihelion.

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Hyperbolic trajectory

In astrodynamics or celestial mechanics, a hyperbolic trajectory is the trajectory of any object around a central body with more than enough speed to escape the central object's gravitational pull.

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Interstellar object

An interstellar object is a body other than a star or substar located in interstellar space, and not gravitationally bound to a star.

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Jet Propulsion Laboratory

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is a federally funded research and development center and NASA field center in Pasadena, California, United States, with large portions of the campus in La Cañada Flintridge, California.

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JPL Horizons On-Line Ephemeris System

JPL Horizons On-Line Ephemeris System provides easy access to key Solar System data and flexible production of highly accurate ephemerides for Solar System objects.

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Julian day

Julian day is the continuous count of days since the beginning of the Julian Period and is used primarily by astronomers.

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Jupiter

Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest in the Solar System.

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Minor Planet Center

The Minor Planet Center (MPC) is the official worldwide organization in charge of collecting observational data for minor planets (such as asteroids and comets), calculating their orbits and publishing this information via the Minor Planet Circulars.

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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering research in astronomy and astrophysics.

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Oort cloud

The Oort cloud, named after the Dutch astronomer Jan Oort, sometimes called the Öpik–Oort cloud, is a theoretical cloud of predominantly icy planetesimals proposed to surround the Sun at distances ranging from.

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Orbital eccentricity

The orbital eccentricity of an astronomical object is a parameter that determines the amount by which its orbit around another body deviates from a perfect circle.

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Pan-STARRS

The Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System (Pan-STARRS 1; obs. code: F51 and Pan-STARRS 2 obs. code: F52) located at Haleakala Observatory, Hawaii, USA, consists of astronomical cameras, telescopes and a computing facility that is surveying the sky for moving or variable objects on a continual basis, and also producing accurate astrometry and photometry of already detected objects.

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Solar System

The Solar SystemCapitalization of the name varies.

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A/2017 U7 and ʻOumuamua Comparison

A/2017 U7 has 26 relations, while ʻOumuamua has 129. As they have in common 18, the Jaccard index is 11.61% = 18 / (26 + 129).

References

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