Implications of Evaporative Cooling by H2 for 1I/‘Oumuamua

The first interstellar object observed in our solar system, 1I/‘Oumuamua, exhibited several peculiar properties, including extreme elongation and nongravitational acceleration. Bergner & Seligman (hereafter BS23) proposed that evaporation of trapped H _2 created by cosmic rays can explain the no...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Thiem Hoang, Abraham Loeb
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2023-01-01
Series:The Astrophysical Journal Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/acdf57