Robert Weryk

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Artist’s impression of the interstellar object ʻOumuamua.[1]

Robert J. Weryk (born 1981) is a Canadian physicist and astronomer.[2] He currently works at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, where he discovered the first known interstellar object, ʻOumuamua.[3][4][5] He has also published numerous articles on meteors and other astronomical topics.[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "ESO's VLT Sees 'Oumuamua Getting a Boost - New results indicate interstellar nomad 'Oumuamua is a comet". www.eso.org. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  2. ^ "Astronomer Robert Weryk discovers the world's first interstellar asteroid". London Morning. 31 October 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  3. ^ Fleur, Nicholas St (27 October 2017). "Astronomers Race to Study a Mystery Object From Outside Our Solar System". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  4. ^ Greicius, Tony (26 October 2017). "Small Asteroid or Comet 'Visits' from Beyond the Solar System". NASA. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  5. ^ "Updated: For the first time, astronomers are tracking a distant visitor streaking through our solar system". Science | AAAS. 27 October 2017. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  6. ^ Meech, Karen J.; Weryk, Robert; Micheli, Marco; Kleyna, Jan T.; Hainaut, Olivier R.; Jedicke, Robert; Wainscoat, Richard J.; Chambers, Kenneth C.; Keane, Jacqueline V. (20 November 2017). "A brief visit from a red and extremely elongated interstellar asteroid". Nature. 552 (7685): 378–381. Bibcode:2017Natur.552..378M. doi:10.1038/nature25020. ISSN 1476-4687. PMC 8979573. PMID 29160305.


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