An amazing video clip with an interstellar object that even those from NASA did not know about has started to go around the world to show us that the universe is much more vast than we imagine. The object named C/2019 Q4 (Borisov) was discovered by an astronomer from Crimea, and it would be the second interstellar object known to mankind, so you can see for yourself how rare such rocks are in the universe.
An interstellar object is an object coming towards the solar system from outside it, and apparently we are talking about a possible asteroid, or meteorite, which would also reach near the Earth. With a hyperbolic trajectory, this interstellar object has no trajectory affected in any way by the sun's gravity, so it moves based on its own one that was generated by a possible star from another solar system.
AMAZING VIDEO with an INTERSTELLAR Object that NASA did NOT know about
A few more diagrams of gb00234. Realize these assuming the nominal hyperbolic trajectory is correct. This has yet to be confirmed. The animation is showing a view of the Sun from the comet +/- 120 years.
Here's a sim showing where in our sky it came from.https://t.co/m8MHalo1Qw pic.twitter.com/xZUHizVYNe- Tony Dunn (@ tony873004) September 11, 2019
Unlike the previous interstellar object, this one is discovered in time, and will be able to be analyzed more seriously by astronomers as it enters our solar system and approaches us. Researchers have been waiting for some time to be able to analyze how objects of this kind move through space, and now they have the opportunity to do it, including discovering others that could more seriously affect the Earth in the future.
Here's a remarkable animation of #gb00234, which may be our second known interstellar visitor, taken by astronomer Gennady Borisov – who discovered the object.
2l/Borisov, perhaps?
(source: https://t.co/vkYXrK6KBC) pic.twitter.com/WObsGj3HJH
— Jonathan O'Callaghan (@Astro_Jonny) September 11, 2019
No one knows what secrets this interstellar object could hide, so it remains to be seen what researchers will be able to discover about it, especially since they will have the opportunity to analyze it closely. It is interesting how this interstellar object was discovered in time, and this in the situation where the previous one was discovered only when it was leaving the solar system, and that is why it was not followed much by researchers.
As this interstellar object gets closer to Earth, we're sure to see more video footage of it, so hopefully they'll all reveal more of its secrets.
