• Interstellar Interloper 1I/2017 U1: Observations from the NOT and WIYN Telescopes 

      Jewitt, David; Luu, Jane; Rajagopal, Jayadev; Kotulla, Ralf; Ridgway, Susan; Liu, Wilson; Augusteijn, Thomas (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-11-30)
      We present observations of the interstellar interloper 1I/2017 U1 ('Oumuamua) taken during its 2017 October flyby of Earth. The optical colors B – V = 0.70 ± 0.06, V – R = 0.45 ± 0.05, overlap those of the D-type Jovian Trojan asteroids and are incompatible with the ultrared objects that are abundant in the Kuiper Belt. With a mean absolute magnitude <i>H <sub>V</sub></i> = 22.95 and assuming a ...