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Discovery of Spherules of Likely Extrasolar Composition in the Pacific Ocean Site of the CNEOS 2014-01-08 (IM1) Bolide
Abraham Loeb, Toby Adamson, Sophie Bergstrom +31
We have conducted an extensive towed-magnetic-sled survey during the period 14-28 June, 2023, over the seafloor centered around the calculated path of the bolide CNEOS 2014-01-08 (…
Close Encounters of the Interstellar Kind: Examining the Capture of Interstellar Objects in Near Earth Orbit
Diptajyoti Mukherjee, Amir Siraj, Hy Trac +1
Recent observations and detections of interstellar objects (ISOs) passing through the solar system have sparked a wave of interest into these objects. Although rare, these ISOs can…
Localizing The First Interstellar Meteor With Seismometer Data
Amir Siraj, Abraham Loeb
The first meter-scale interstellar meteor (IM1) was detected by US government sensors in 2014, identified as an interstellar object candidate in 2019, and confirmed by the Departme…
Expected Fragment Distribution from the First Interstellar Meteor CNEOS 2014-01-08
Amory Tillinghast-Raby, Abraham Loeb, Amir Siraj
In 2014, the fireball of the first interstellar meteor CNEOS 2014-01-08 (IM1) (Siraj & Loeb 2019), was detected off the northern coast of Papua New Guinea. A recently announced oce…
Physical Considerations for an Intercept Mission to a 1I/'Oumuamua-like Interstellar Object
Amir Siraj, Abraham Loeb, Amaya Moro-Martin +7
In this paper, we review some of the extant literature on the study of interstellar objects (ISOs). With the forthcoming Vera C. Rubin Telescope and Legacy Survey of Space and Time…
Interstellar Meteors are Outliers in Material Strength
Amir Siraj, Abraham Loeb
The first interstellar meteor larger than dust was detected by US government sensors in 2014, identified as an interstellar object candidate in 2019, and confirmed by the Departmen…