The Rarest Objects in The Solar System Are from...Elsewhere...

Поділитися
Вставка
  • Опубліковано 19 кві 2024
  • Visit brilliant.org/scishow/ to get started learning STEM for free. The first 200 people will get 20% off their annual premium subscription and a 30-day free trial.
    In 2017, astronomers discovered 'Oumuamua - the first definitive interstellar visitor to our solar system. But definitive evidence of space rocks that don't just visit but join our solar system is a little more elusive.
    Hosted by: Reid Reimers (he/him)
    ----------
    Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: / scishow
    ----------
    Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Adam Brainard, Alex Hackman, Ash, Benjamin Carleski, Bryan Cloer, charles george, Chris Mackey, Chris Peters, Christoph Schwanke, Christopher R Boucher, DrakoEsper, Eric Jensen, Friso, Garrett Galloway, Harrison Mills, J. Copen, Jaap Westera, Jason A Saslow, Jeffrey Mckishen, Jeremy Mattern, Kenny Wilson, Kevin Bealer, Kevin Knupp, Lyndsay Brown, Matt Curls, Michelle Dove, Piya Shedden, Rizwan Kassim, Sam Lutfi
    ----------
    Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet?
    SciShow Tangents Podcast: scishow-tangents.simplecast.com/
    TikTok: / scishow
    Twitter: / scishow
    Instagram: / thescishow
    Facebook: / scishow
    #SciShow #science #education #learning #complexly
    ----------
    Sources:
    www.oxfordreference.com/displ...
    www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=...
    www.nasa.gov/solar-system/sma...
    www.schoolsobservatory.org/le...
    www.sciencedirect.com/topics/...
    www.space.com/17638-how-big-i...
    www.britannica.com/science/in...
    www.space.com/42352-oumuamua-...
    www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-...
    daily.jstor.org/why-interstel...
    www.sciencenews.org/article/i...
    www.universetoday.com/161434/...
    academic.oup.com/mnrasl/artic...
    www.science.org/doi/10.1126/s...
    academic.oup.com/mnras/articl...
    www.sciencedirect.com/science...
    iopscience.iop.org/article/10...
    ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_l...
    ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/horizons_bat...
    Image Sources:
    tinyurl.com/yr3694jx
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:A2...
    tinyurl.com/4es6hrvz
    commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
    tinyurl.com/4km38z5k
    commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
    commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
    commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
    tinyurl.com/bdfp8skb
    commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
    commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
    commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
    commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
    commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
    commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:20...
    commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
    commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
    www.gettyimages.com/detail/vi...
    www.gettyimages.com/detail/vi...
    www.gettyimages.com/detail/vi...
    www.gettyimages.com/detail/vi...
    commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
    commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
    commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...

КОМЕНТАРІ • 460

  • @FourthRoot
    @FourthRoot Місяць тому +94

    I remember Hyakutake. I was 8 years old, and my parents drove us a couple of hours out of Denver into the mountains to see it. I remember it was basically just a very dim, fuzzy dot you could only really see if you didn't look directly at it.
    But learning now that Hyakutake might have been an interstellar object makes that memory that much more profound.

  • @danieloneal7137
    @danieloneal7137 Місяць тому +204

    Congratulations on getting a chair and a set to film on, instead of just a green screen. Feels like a real step up for SciShow. 🙂

    • @Quzga
      @Quzga Місяць тому

      Don't you mean step down? 😂

    • @JamesFrancis-xj6xm
      @JamesFrancis-xj6xm 7 днів тому

      Scishow are sickos who support torturing animals in mad Science experiments giving them disease and toxic chemicals. Alternative : people dying of disease. STOP CURING DISEASE.

  • @TamarZiri
    @TamarZiri Місяць тому +122

    Congrats on 10 years Reid!! :D

  • @zippythinginvention
    @zippythinginvention Місяць тому +76

    I did not realize that the Voyager probes have not gone through the Oort cloud. Wow. That gives me a reason to hope they live another 30 years.

    • @spvillano
      @spvillano Місяць тому +25

      You're gonna have a wee bit longer of a wait. The Oort cloud is way out there and extends halfway to the Centuri system. Space is inconveniently big, well, save when something energetically interesting happens, when it's extra-conveniently big enough to not do that killing us off thing.

    • @xlgapelsin6173
      @xlgapelsin6173 Місяць тому +12

      Sorry to tell you but its 300 years untill Voyager reaches the oort cloud

    • @SlavaPunta
      @SlavaPunta Місяць тому +5

      Dates vary by source / paper, but their batteries aren't expected to last more than a year or two at this point.

    • @JNArnold
      @JNArnold Місяць тому +2

      @@spvillano Which is super cool to think about, because the Centuri System's Oort Cloud equivalent could be interacting with ours.

    • @ultimaIXultima
      @ultimaIXultima Місяць тому +2

      ​@@SlavaPunta Yes but let's not forget NASA probes have the tendency to live forever, haha. I definitely hope they keep them alive for the next 30 years. 🤞

  • @liiammiller7881
    @liiammiller7881 Місяць тому +116

    Also the thought of a piece of our solar system one day teaching aliens about our home kinda warms my heart and makes me feel a little less small in our very, very large universe.

    • @themanhimself3
      @themanhimself3 Місяць тому +12

      I hope that aliens are one day decoding the gold disk on the voyager.

    • @arthurorir8554
      @arthurorir8554 Місяць тому +5

      spatial archaeology

    • @borttorbbq2556
      @borttorbbq2556 Місяць тому +6

      You know I think it depends because if it's a fossil bearing rock i'm gonna be extremely concerned

    • @MsHarpsychord
      @MsHarpsychord 12 днів тому

      "Well kids I'm from Earth, my people are a bunch of idiots but I mostly love them"

    • @borttorbbq2556
      @borttorbbq2556 12 днів тому

      @@MsHarpsychord Pretty much. I love our anxiety ridden apes of this planet

  • @ColumbiaB
    @ColumbiaB Місяць тому +74

    ʻOumuamua visited our system in hopes of snagging Reid’s chill aloha shirt.

    • @casjean8904
      @casjean8904 Місяць тому

      i wish it was buttoned!

    • @spvillano
      @spvillano Місяць тому +2

      @@casjean8904 everyone's entitled to their kink...
      I'll just get my hat...

    • @casjean8904
      @casjean8904 Місяць тому

      @@spvillano lol

  • @randalscott7224
    @randalscott7224 Місяць тому +85

    I'm happy that Comet Hyakutake is considered a possible visitor to our Solar system as this was the first comet I recall seeing that looked like a "proper" comet. I recall watching Hyakutake visibly move against the background stars in '96, a warmup for Hale-Bopp.

    • @markzambelli
      @markzambelli Місяць тому +3

      Hear, hear! Hyakutake was the one of the first comets I was tasked with charting nightly (by hand with pencil, on blown-up star charts) and yes, it was the perfect prelude to the wonder that was Hale-Bopp👍🤌
      🖖

  • @screwthisin
    @screwthisin Місяць тому +188

    Wife: Honey i saw an asteroid going the wrong direction. Ka'epaoka'āwela: its not just one, its all of them.

  • @_andrewvia
    @_andrewvia Місяць тому +142

    Reid has a chair now, and a room with retro decor. Hank, eat your heart out. Reid has style and panache!

    • @apocalypse487
      @apocalypse487 Місяць тому

      It's the same set from that video with that stranger.

    • @MySmileStillStaysOn
      @MySmileStillStaysOn Місяць тому

      Omg, he's dressed like a drug kingpin or something, lmao. He's the big man now!😂

    • @Patchouliprince
      @Patchouliprince Місяць тому +1

      @@MySmileStillStaysOna drug kingpin? lol yea if drug kingpins buy their button ups at Walmart

    • @jamesfowley4114
      @jamesfowley4114 Місяць тому

      I like the new set. It feels more like a discussion than a lecture.

  • @chatbear69
    @chatbear69 Місяць тому +25

    The only thing better than getting a shot of science from Reid is a double shot. Keep up the great work!

  • @DebbieEvers
    @DebbieEvers Місяць тому +14

    I really like that set. You guys just get better and better!

  • @RokNezic
    @RokNezic Місяць тому +51

    Having veen lucky enough to co-author a paper on 2I/Borisov, I'm always happy to see it represented :D
    But also: I haven't had time to keep up with papers on it since, but it's really nice to see that entirely different avenues of study (we used a... rather obscure one) come to the same conclusion! Because we also said that the comet likely never went close to its parent star before escaping its solar system

    • @nasababy2279
      @nasababy2279 Місяць тому +1

      What do you do as a job? I’m interested

    • @ilpi7216
      @ilpi7216 Місяць тому

      So, it had mommy/daddy issues and decided to move out of the country? lol

    • @spvillano
      @spvillano Місяць тому

      @@ilpi7216 usually, the mommy/daddy issues result in it getting kicked out of the house.
      @RokNezic yep, replication is cool - especially when other methods confirm initial results! Science at its best!
      Of course, Retraction Watch is also science at its best, as it's exposing science at its worst.
      Obligatory Garden of Rama joke inserted here...
      I'll disagree with our host on "we'll never know" on ISO candidates, a drill and sample return mission could easily yield samples that could give an isotopic mixture that's decidedly non-Sol system in nature. Or not. Either way, we'd learn something, just as we did from I1 and solar radiation effects and outgassing. Well, that or the Ramans always do things in 3's.
      You knew that joke was coming, yes?

  • @mythology2467
    @mythology2467 Місяць тому +18

    This format makes it feel like we're on a date with Reid and just asked what his hobbies are 😅
    Not that im complaining 😘

  • @itchywitch5923
    @itchywitch5923 Місяць тому +8

    Dear SciShow,
    Please do an episode about chronic kidney disease! My dad has been diagnosed and is like to get the run down the SciShow way! All these other videos aren’t getting me the info I need! Thanks!
    A concerned daughter

  • @KylarRaynor
    @KylarRaynor Місяць тому +5

    I'm diggin' the Casual Reid-ing Corner vibe, gives his shirts a chance to play their role in viewership 😄

  • @muadddib
    @muadddib Місяць тому +15

    The absolute drip on this man

  • @The_Silver_Lurker
    @The_Silver_Lurker Місяць тому +4

    I love the casual nature of the set... It's oddly refreshing!

  • @colinleat8309
    @colinleat8309 Місяць тому +7

    I just discovered your channel a few days ago. Congratulations on 10 year's. I'm already enjoying binging! 🤘😎🖖🇨🇦🕊️

    • @chadd990
      @chadd990 3 дні тому

      A real Christopher Columbus over here.

  • @358itachi
    @358itachi Місяць тому +3

    Congrats to Reid on 10 years of hosting SciShow videos.

  • @human_cube
    @human_cube Місяць тому +8

    The vibe of this video makes me feel like I'm in the room with homie chillin talking about "space stuff"
    Also GREAT SHIRT...reminds me of the dude from CURIOUS DROID. That dude has some FIRE shirts lemme tell you.

  • @leftcoastfunk
    @leftcoastfunk Місяць тому +3

    Regarding Comet Bowell, I'm now sitting here imagining a civilization on a far away planet having some kind of educational briefing on this weird flaming ball of ice that came from outside their system and wondering how it happened

  • @washingtonunibound
    @washingtonunibound Місяць тому +1

    I really love the style change for the presentation. I feel like I'm retaining more information from this more conversational experience! Thanks so much for the always-awesome science videos!!

  • @cathyb1273
    @cathyb1273 Місяць тому +18

    I have some delay on watching Scishow and I am just discovering the new studio, nice and cozy 😊

  • @octopusoup
    @octopusoup Місяць тому +121

    The rarest objects in the universe is the person reading this. There's only one of you. Take care of yourselves.

  • @JavSusLar
    @JavSusLar Місяць тому +2

    5:42 I Saw comet Hiakutake back in 1996. The most overwhelming spectacle of nature I have ever witnessed. It was more than 60⁰ in the night sky, I had to move my head to fully contemplate it.

  • @neylsonrodrigues7350
    @neylsonrodrigues7350 Місяць тому

    thanks for doing all the hard work and creating the metric. can't wait to start testing it out myself this coming weekend.

  • @peasant8246
    @peasant8246 Місяць тому

    Wonderful host for this video, I hope we shall see more of him in the future.

  • @ilikemoviesandmore
    @ilikemoviesandmore Місяць тому

    Really like this new setup!

  • @LostMekkaSoft
    @LostMekkaSoft Місяць тому

    that is a really cool set! the topics covered are always interesting, but it is also cool to see that the set is getting more interesting too :3

  • @latenighter1965
    @latenighter1965 Місяць тому +1

    I like the "new" set your using. At least I've never seen it before, so its great looking. Keep using it.

  • @frostyw
    @frostyw Місяць тому

    Loving that new studio.

  • @drayginmanutz2381
    @drayginmanutz2381 23 дні тому

    This guys one of my favorite narrators on your channel besides , of course Hank

  • @guilhermepinheiro5342
    @guilhermepinheiro5342 Місяць тому

    Great content ❤

  • @Barvazonik
    @Barvazonik Місяць тому +10

    Omuamua is further then Uranus 🤣

  • @Mechadondada
    @Mechadondada Місяць тому +1

    Speaking of ʻOumuamua, I recently started my 3rd listening of Rendezvous With Rama. Just noticed this from chapter one:
    *At 09.46 GMT on the morning of 11 September, in the exceptionally beautiful summer of the year 2077, most of the inhabitants of Europe saw a dazzling fireball appear in the eastern sky. Within seconds it was brighter than the sun, and as it moved across the heavens-at first in utter silence-it left behind it a churning column of dust and smoke.*

  • @howdy4504
    @howdy4504 Місяць тому +27

    what's that in the sky? is it a bird? is it a plane? is it an alien spacecraft?
    nah, it's a rock (or something) saying hi :)

    • @mh6276
      @mh6276 Місяць тому

      I was just watching NileRed before seeing this and "nah" made me think of baking soda (if you remove the end of the formula because that is made of CO3).

    • @thehellyousay
      @thehellyousay Місяць тому +2

      "look! up in the sky!"
      "it's a bird."
      "it's a plane."
      "it's ..., it's ...-"
      SPLAAANNNG!
      "... a piano ..."

    • @masterChiZhee
      @masterChiZhee Місяць тому

      It's a...turd? O.@

    • @thehellyousay
      @thehellyousay Місяць тому

      @@masterChiZhee *splat*
      eeeeewwww ...

  • @avengersnewbie2348
    @avengersnewbie2348 Місяць тому +14

    Long time no see, where were you mate?

  • @ralphlindberg1299
    @ralphlindberg1299 Місяць тому +1

    Remember we have only closely watching for, and plotting the orbits of, all objects for the last few years. This due to concerns over possible Earth impactor objects.
    This implies that small interstellar objects are more common then we thought.

  • @TurboJesus
    @TurboJesus Місяць тому

    I knew space was vast, but I didn’t really grasp it until you mentioned the time it’ll take voyager to reach the Oort Cloud. I thought these things were so much closer than this… that is insane. 🤯

  • @curtislindsey1736
    @curtislindsey1736 Місяць тому +7

    I like the new set, and now you get to take a seat! 😀

  • @clark1066
    @clark1066 2 дні тому

    Oumuamua always gave me extreme Rama vibes.

  • @Johnathonisnotcool
    @Johnathonisnotcool Місяць тому +2

    I have that shirt too!!!

  • @3RaccoonsInATank
    @3RaccoonsInATank Місяць тому +19

    You know what the actual rarest object in the Solar System is, It's you. There is only one of you in the entirety of everything. That is one hell of a fantastic thing.

    • @nasababy2279
      @nasababy2279 Місяць тому

      @@bywonline so profound

    • @keb7066
      @keb7066 Місяць тому +4

      @@bywonlinewrong, oumuamua is a space hot dog

    • @pattiheffernan2451
      @pattiheffernan2451 Місяць тому

      Yep he's unique just like everyone else

    • @culturebreath369
      @culturebreath369 Місяць тому

      ​@@keb7066the forbidden space hotdog. 😂

  • @StardogTheRed
    @StardogTheRed Місяць тому +348

    I swear I saw this video the other day?

    • @TheMightyDozen
      @TheMightyDozen Місяць тому +44

      yeah, me too, skimming through this video i recognize all of the names mentioned and i know for a fact i saw them all in a recent scishow video

    • @redcoat4348
      @redcoat4348 Місяць тому +70

      I noticed that the original video they posted is deleted now. I wonder why they reuploaded this one…

    • @mariyamwaniki
      @mariyamwaniki Місяць тому +13

      Had to hear the where's Waldo comment twice

    • @LordBrittish
      @LordBrittish Місяць тому +90

      Perhaps there were some things they really felt needed to be fixed?

    • @Mr.V.
      @Mr.V. Місяць тому +24

      I swear i saw this comment on the same previous upload which they deleted.

  • @andrewhahn1983
    @andrewhahn1983 Місяць тому

    Thanks for the vid, super interesting
    The chair is a bit distracting, particularly with the high arm/head rest. maybe something a bit like John's early crash course chair and desk, not the leather fire place chair.

  • @AliHSyed
    @AliHSyed Місяць тому +1

    We need to have an intercepting vehicle ready in space to catch up to the next Oumuamua that’ll cross our path.

  • @EdwardM919
    @EdwardM919 Місяць тому +1

    It was supposed to hit, but the three body problem plagues extraterrestrials too.

  • @KY_CPA
    @KY_CPA Місяць тому +1

    That chair looks like it was custom made for Reid 😎

  • @SaintJohnVideo
    @SaintJohnVideo Місяць тому +1

    Great episode, as usual. the new host sitting down format looks more uncomfortable than when they used to stand though.

  • @AlexandarHullRichter
    @AlexandarHullRichter 11 днів тому +1

    What ISO do you think I'd need to use to photograph an ISO? My camera only goes up to 6400.

  • @ianmetcalfe7389
    @ianmetcalfe7389 День тому +1

    when i hear of objects coming into the solar system my mind goes crazy with thoughts of where its been and how long its been going for and if it even came from outside the milky-way. has it been traveling for billions of years in IGS or from another Galaxy altogether? probably not but i still like to imagine its journey and the different planets/sun its past and has someone on those planets thinking the same thing as me as it past by them ? again probably not lol.

  • @koda4247
    @koda4247 16 днів тому

    From the thumbnail I can promise you I saw one of those at about 8:30 this morning

  • @gruntonium1669
    @gruntonium1669 Місяць тому +21

    did this video get removed and had to be reuploaded or something?

  • @Dwigglemoo
    @Dwigglemoo Місяць тому +1

    you sound like Penn of Penn and Tellar. I just can't escape it

    • @mcv2178
      @mcv2178 Місяць тому

      Omg you are right! A lot less bombastic and more gentle, though : )

  • @lucasdegennaro
    @lucasdegennaro Місяць тому +2

    The voice of this man is amazing

  • @Allwaysexcel
    @Allwaysexcel Місяць тому

    Thinking about things like this makes me sad that my life is too short to witness certain astrological breakthroughs.

  • @thomascurrie8215
    @thomascurrie8215 Місяць тому +4

    Love the new casual setting. The standing chats was getting old.

  • @danielvillalba5375
    @danielvillalba5375 Місяць тому

    Woah that's cool...so is our solar system a run of the mill system or is it really weird?

  • @FlexxibleFree
    @FlexxibleFree 29 днів тому +1

    Sitting down this looks way comfier, i love it.

  • @ElDaumo
    @ElDaumo Місяць тому

    That back part of the chair looks like the weirdest shoulder pad

  • @marvenlunn6086
    @marvenlunn6086 3 дні тому

    Are interstellar objects rare or are we able to see more of them now using technology to search space

  • @CoordinatedCarry
    @CoordinatedCarry Місяць тому

    I was expecting a Despicable Me quote at the beginning of that ad read. Vector, a quantity with both direction & magnitude.

  • @jamesharmer9293
    @jamesharmer9293 Місяць тому +1

    Remember to water that plant Reid !!

  • @user-iq6cc3df3l
    @user-iq6cc3df3l Місяць тому

    It seems that the odds of an interstellar object entering our solar system is so low you’d expect it to nearly never happen. It might be like shooting a bullet from Mt. Rainier with a really powerful gun, but hitting a target on Maui. It might even be harder than that. But gaps between solar systems are so vast that odds are, an interstellar object would simply fly through space for eons without hitting any solar system.

  • @itzamia
    @itzamia Місяць тому

    Incase you're wondering, 400 billion hours is = 45,631,783 years

  • @rollinwithunclepete824
    @rollinwithunclepete824 Місяць тому +1

    Sci Show Space is now broadcasting from Reid's basement.

  • @notsure2101
    @notsure2101 Місяць тому

    I randomly found this object on the NASA app. The eyes on asteroid function is like Google maps for the solar system. From 1949-2049

  • @qwertyuiopgarth
    @qwertyuiopgarth Місяць тому

    Thus some of the descriptions of the object were as hyperbolic as the path of the object.

  • @macsnafu
    @macsnafu Місяць тому

    Space may only be an hour's drive away, but the depths of the ocean are even less that--only about 7 miles at its deepest. Of course, it's not the actual distance that's the problem!
    It's interesting to think that all sorts of things may be going on in the universe, but it's so large that only a fraction of a fraction of it is happening right here in our solar system. When we manage interstellar travel, we'll probably discover a lot more interesting stuff.

  • @ianh1504
    @ianh1504 Місяць тому +1

    "Sweet! Were in space! That was quick! How much longer till we get to the moon?"
    *1 0 0 D A Y S*

  • @Nekotaku_TV
    @Nekotaku_TV Місяць тому

    I so wish we could come across another planet's Voyager.

  • @the13nth25
    @the13nth25 28 днів тому

    "Omouamoua is already further from the sun than Uranus is"

  • @carpemkarzi
    @carpemkarzi Місяць тому

    Wow, they finally got you a chair. Just in time for a cool video.

  • @lekiscool
    @lekiscool Місяць тому

    What I’m hearing is that outside our solar system, its really cold.

  • @davidhand9721
    @davidhand9721 Місяць тому

    There must be only one artistic rendering of Oamuamua. I only ever see that one.

  • @carlkingery9259
    @carlkingery9259 Місяць тому +1

    So 1I is not on its way back to our solar system like many of the other You Tube channels say. Actually some people will be sad that 1I is not coming back to our Solar system.

  • @selenemoon2832
    @selenemoon2832 Місяць тому

    That's a joint

  • @kataseiko
    @kataseiko Місяць тому

    Maybe some day they'll manage to catch an interstellar object.

  • @dawsie
    @dawsie Місяць тому

    Gosh can you imagine if we could have been able to tag it with a dash cam to collect data to be sent back to earth best part is we would only need the power to run the tag as the asteroid is doing all the work of travailing for us.

  • @robhowell339
    @robhowell339 Місяць тому

    What about that moon of Uranus or Neptune that revolves the opposite direction to all the other moons?

  • @undrhil
    @undrhil Місяць тому

    On a Celestial scale, I think Earth is pretty rare in the solar system

  • @joshe465
    @joshe465 Місяць тому

    Since our sun is a main sequence star fusing hydrogen into helium, doesn’t that mean virtually everything around us came in on an ISO at some point?

  • @annakeye
    @annakeye Місяць тому +1

    Comet Bowell and Uranus. There's a joke in there.

  • @SubtleMischief
    @SubtleMischief Місяць тому +1

    He is working so hard on the pronunciation.

  • @user-iq6cc3df3l
    @user-iq6cc3df3l Місяць тому

    I believe that an object in a solar system can only go hyperbolic if:
    A. It has its own propulsion, or
    B. It’s interstellar.
    I’m no physicist but I believe a hyperbolic trajectory only happens if an object’s speed is high enough to achieve escape velocity. In this case I guess the Sun would be the candidate for that object to revolve around but a hyperbolic orbit comes in flat and leaves flat, usually gone to the next solar system, wherever that might be.

    • @TheMoonRover
      @TheMoonRover 29 днів тому

      Gravitational assists are also a thing. If an object passes too close to a much larger object (like a planet) its velocity (speed and direction) is going to be significantly altered. Plenty of space probes have exploited that to reduce the fuel requirement, but the larger planets could just as easily boost a random comet onto an escape trajectory.

  • @sergetheijspartner2005
    @sergetheijspartner2005 Місяць тому

    Did we track it to where it could have been coming from? I mean if you know the trajectory, hyperbolic or and other form, can't we trace it back?

    • @TheMoonRover
      @TheMoonRover 29 днів тому

      It's not that simple. Even if it came directly from one of the closest stars (which it didn't), that's still thousands of years ago. Stars are constantly moving and affecting each other's orbits, and these rocks have probably been travelling through interstellar space for millions of years. It's not really possible to extrapolate backwards on those sorts of timescales.

  • @General12th
    @General12th Місяць тому

    Hi Reid!
    This feels familiar.

  • @scottbrady6240
    @scottbrady6240 Місяць тому

    I SWEAR THIS VIDEO SAW ME THE OTHER DAY

  • @I_am_Allan
    @I_am_Allan Місяць тому

    Nice medicine pouch.

  • @Omnifarious0
    @Omnifarious0 Місяць тому

    6:24 - We, as in humanity as a whole might well figure out someday whether those objects really are of interstellar origin or not. I'm certain that knowing more about the solar system as a whole and those objects in particular would enable us to firmly place them in one category or the other.
    Some things we'll never know for sure because the evidence is too mixed up to ever feasibly untangle it. But I don't think the origin of these objects is like that.

  • @carnsoaks1
    @carnsoaks1 Місяць тому

    Cosmic rays, Extra Solar Particles do irritate my skin.

  • @ralph.aguinaldomd
    @ralph.aguinaldomd Місяць тому +1

    I swear the rarest object in the solar system is the actual Sun 😂

  • @darksecret965
    @darksecret965 Місяць тому

    "We will make a wall and make the Proxima Centauri-ans pay for it"

  • @champagneoubre6495
    @champagneoubre6495 11 днів тому

    im so high rn that i thought the thing in the thumbnail was a blunt, great video tho.

  • @stevenbain8798
    @stevenbain8798 Місяць тому

    Halicona plant, flamingo shirt, Maui hook… brah you on island?

  • @robokaos69
    @robokaos69 Місяць тому

    Someone knew what they were doing with this thumbnail

  • @bomafett
    @bomafett Місяць тому +1

    How do they distinguish an ISO from something that originated in the Oort cloud?

    • @phaedrus000
      @phaedrus000 Місяць тому

      They are traveling faster than the solar system's escape velocity. Which leaves only 2 options. Something very massive like a planet gave them a gravitational assist, like we did to get the Voyager probes on a trajectory out of the solar system (I'm assuming scientists ruled this out based on their position relative to the positions of the planets), or they must have come from outside the solar system.

    • @bomafett
      @bomafett Місяць тому

      @@phaedrus000 Thank you! Of course, this assumes there is not a planet sized object in the Oort cloud that could accelerate objects, no?

    • @phaedrus000
      @phaedrus000 Місяць тому

      @@bomafett I think so, but I'm definitely not enough of an expert to say. But that does make sense. If Planet X is out there, then I suppose maybe these could be from our Oort Cloud.

  • @cosmosDiv
    @cosmosDiv Місяць тому

    2:51 💀

  • @korstmahler
    @korstmahler Місяць тому

    So what you're telling me is that we need an interstellar ICE to spot interstellar ice?
    I'll let the space forces know.

  • @megarural3000
    @megarural3000 Місяць тому +2

    So it was a skipping stone.