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Cigar-shaped object is 1st interstellar asteroid

Updated At : 07:48 AM Nov 22, 2017 IST

London: A dark, reddish and cigar-shaped object that zipped through our solar system from outer space last month is nothing like any cosmic body seen before, say scientists who have classified it as the first interstellar asteroid. Originally classified as a comet, observations revealed no signs of cometary activity after it passed closest to the Sun in September. The object was reclassified as an interstellar asteroid and named ‘Oumuamua’. PTI

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