# Jackson 2021: 1I/'Oumuamua as an N2 Ice Fragment of an exo-Pluto Surface: I. Size and Compositional Constraints

> Alan P. Jackson, Steven J. Desch, 2021. 7 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The nitrogen-ice reading, part I.

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# 1I/'Oumuamua as an N2 Ice Fragment of an exo-Pluto Surface: I. Size and Compositional Constraints

Alan P. Jackson, Steven J. Desch, 2021. _Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets_.

Computes the acceleration a body of each candidate ice would feel and finds that nitrogen ice satisfies the acceleration, size, albedo and the absence of CO, CO2 and dust, giving a body of 45 by 44 by 7.5 m with an albedo of 0.64 at the time of observation. JGR Planets 126, e2020JE006706.

**1I/'Oumuamua** Articledoi: **[10.1029/2020JE006706](https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JE006706)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

The nitrogen-ice reading, part I.

## Cited by on this site 7 records

[Nitrogen ice, a surface fragment of a Pluto-like body.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oumuamua/answers/ANS0CSKCB4A3EJ7/nitrogen-ice-a-surface-fragment-of-a-pluto-like-body)

Answer

ANS

[Sublimation of nitrogen ice from a fragment of an exo-Pluto's surface.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oumuamua/answers/ANS0CSKC3J40JAH/sublimation-of-nitrogen-ice-from-a-fragment-of-an-exo-plutos)

Answer

ANS

[Nitrogen ice matches the acceleration, the size, the albedo and the absence of CO, CO2 and dust.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oumuamua/evidence/EVD0CSKC3SY5W9G/nitrogen-ice-matches-the-acceleration-the-size-the-albedo)

Evidence

EVD

[Satisfies the acceleration, size, albedo and the CO/CO2/dust limits at once.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oumuamua/evidence/EVD0CSKCBC458NZ/satisfies-the-acceleration-size-albedo-and-the-co-co2-dust)

Evidence

EVD

[Jackson and Desch propose a nitrogen-ice fragment of an exo-Pluto](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oumuamua/events/EVT0CSKBY68286A/jackson-and-desch-propose-a-nitrogen-ice-fragment-of-an-exo)

EVT

[Alan P. Jackson](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oumuamua/people/FIG0CSKBSHT44T2/alan-p-jackson)

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[1I/'Oumuamua](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oumuamua)

The mystery article

MYS

## Cite it

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Jackson, A. P., & Desch, S. J. (2021). 1I/'Oumuamua as an N2 Ice Fragment of an exo-Pluto Surface: I. Size and Compositional Constraints. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JE006706
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[Read it free at doi.org](https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JE006706)

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27 Oct 2026, for editors

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