Comet or asteroid? Mysterious ‘Oumuamua shows why we may need a new classification system0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 5, 2018
Ever since space scientists first spotted the odd, cigar-shaped object known as 1I/‘Oumuamua in the sky, they have been debating what it is exactly. Suggestions have included an asteroid, a comet and even alien spaceship. Now a study, published in Nature, suggests it may actually be a comet – but an unusual one.
