Answer · 1I/'Oumuamua
An ordinary comet-like planetesimal of water ice and dust under an insulating organic crust (with or without…
An ordinary comet-like planetesimal of water ice and dust under an insulating organic crust (with or without cosmic-ray hydrogen trapped in the ice).
Where it stands
Most likelyIts tests partly supported it: three pieces of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.
What it predicts
- The surface is a red irradiated organic mantle.
- Interstellar objects as a class are mostly comet-like, as 2I and 3I were.
What would rule it out
- A composition-specific gas detected from a future analogue that is not water, CO, CO2 or hydrogen from water.
Evidence 3 for · 1 against
FOR
No water outgassing was ever detected.
AGAINSTEstablished
The questions it answers
Most likelyAn ordinary comet-like planetesimal of water ice and dust under an insulating organic crust (with or without…
Cite it
Mysteries Department. (2026). An ordinary comet-like planetesimal of water ice and dust under an insulating organic crust (with or without… [Answer ANS0CSKC95T4XTH]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0CSKC95T4XTH
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