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astro-ph.EP2017★ 35 cited
Prospects for Backtracing 1I/`Oumuamua and Future Interstellar Objects
Qicheng Zhang
1I/`Oumuamua is the first of likely many small bodies of extrasolar origin to be found in the solar system. These interstellar objects (ISOs) are hypothesized to have formed in ext…
astro-ph.EP2017★ 90 cited
1I/2017 U1 (`Oumuamua) is Hot: Imaging, Spectroscopy and Search of Meteor Activity
Quan-Zhi Ye, Qicheng Zhang, Michael S. P. Kelley +1
1I/2017 U1 (`Oumuamua), a recently discovered asteroid in a hyperbolic orbit, is likely the first macroscopic object of extrasolar origin identified in the solar system. Here, we p…
astro-ph.IM2017★ 54 cited
Relativistic Spacecraft Propelled by Directed Energy
Neeraj Kulkarni, Philip Lubin, Qicheng Zhang
Achieving relativistic flight to enable extrasolar exploration is one of the dreams of humanity and the long term goal of our NASA Starlight program. We derive a fully relativistic…