The interstellar interlopers

D Jewitt, DZ Seligman - Annual Review of Astronomy and …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Interstellar interlopers are bodies formed outside of the Solar System but observed passing
through it. The first two identified interlopers, 1I/'Oumuamua and 2I/Borisov, exhibited …

Tuning the legacy survey of space and time (LSST) observing strategy for solar system science

ME Schwamb, RL Jones, P Yoachim… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is expected to start the Legacy Survey of Space and
Time (LSST) in early to mid-2025. This multiband wide-field synoptic survey will transform …

Acceleration of 1I/'Oumuamua from radiolytically produced H2 in H2O ice

JB Bergner, DZ Seligman - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract In 2017, 1I/'Oumuamua was identified as the first known interstellar object in the
Solar System. Although typical cometary activity tracers were not detected,,,–,'Oumuamua …

Some pertinent issues for interstellar panspermia raised after the discovery of 1I/'Oumuamua

SJ Desch, AP Jackson - Astrobiology, 2022 - liebertpub.com
The interstellar objects 1I/'Oumuamua and 2I/Borisov confirm the long-held expectation that
bodies from one stellar system will be carried to another, allowing, in principle, interstellar …

The population of interstellar objects detectable with the LSST and accessible for in situ rendezvous with various mission designs

DJ Hoover, DZ Seligman… - The Planetary Science …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
The recently discovered population of interstellar objects presents us with the opportunity to
characterize material from extrasolar planetary and stellar systems up close. The …

On the possibility of an artificial origin for 'Oumuamua

A Loeb - Astrobiology, 2022 - liebertpub.com
The first large interstellar object discovered near Earth by the Pan STARRS
telescope,'Oumuamua, showed half a dozen anomalies relative to comets or asteroids in the …

N2/CO ratio in comets insensitive to orbital evolution

SE Anderson, P Rousselot, B Noyelles… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Comets are seen as depleted in nitrogen compared to the protosolar value, but a small
number exhibit significantly higher than typical N2/CO ratios: C/1908 R1 (Morehouse) …

The volatile carbon-to-oxygen ratio as a tracer for the formation locations of interstellar comets

DZ Seligman, LA Rogers, SHC Cabot… - The Planetary …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Based on the occurrence rates implied by the discoveries of 1I/'Oumuamua and 2I/Borisov,
the forthcoming Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) should …

Sculpting the circumbinary planet size distribution through resonant interactions with companion planets

E Fitzmaurice, DV Martin… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Resonant locking of two planets is an expected outcome of convergent disc migration. The
planets subsequently migrate together as a resonant pair. In the context of circumbinary …

The Galactic Interstellar Object Population: A Framework for Prediction and Inference

MJ Hopkins, C Lintott, MT Bannister… - The Astronomical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Milky Way is thought to host a huge population of interstellar objects (ISOs),
numbering approximately 10 15 pc− 3 around the Sun, which are formed and shaped by a …