# Drahus 2018: Tumbling motion of 1I/'Oumuamua and its implications for the body's distant past

> Michal Drahus, Piotr Guzik, Waclaw Waniak et al., 2018. 1 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The best single-instrument light curve and an…

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# Tumbling motion of 1I/'Oumuamua and its implications for the body's distant past

Michal Drahus, Piotr Guzik, Waclaw Waniak et al., 2018. _Nature Astronomy_.

Homogeneous Gemini North photometry covering 8.06 hours over two nights: a brightness range of 2.6 ± 0.2 magnitudes, a double-peaked period of 7.56 ± 0.01 hours inconsistent with earlier values, a light curve that does not repeat from cycle to cycle, and an ultra-deep stack with no sign of activity. Nature Astronomy 2, 407-412.

**1I/'Oumuamua** Articledoi: **[10.1038/s41550-018-0440-1](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-018-0440-1)** Checked against the original0

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The best single-instrument light curve and an independent demonstration of tumbling.

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Drahus, M., Guzik, P., Waniak, W., Handzlik, B., Kurowski, S., & Xu, S. (2018). Tumbling motion of 1I/'Oumuamua and its implications for the body's distant past. Nature Astronomy. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-018-0440-1
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