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Observable tests for the light-sail scenario of interstellar objects
Wen-Han Zhou, Shang-Fei Liu, Yun Zhang et al., 2022. Astronomy and Astrophysics.
Tests the lightsail scenario against the data: a tumbling sail would produce a light-curve amplitude matching the observed one with probability below 1.5 per cent, would be visible in all 55 observations with probability 0.4 per cent, and its sideways radiation-pressure displacement differs from the observed motion by about 1.5 sigma. Concludes the object is unlikely to be a lightsail.
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The quantitative test of the artificial reading.
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Zhou, W. H., Liu, S. F., Zhang, Y., & Lin, D. N. C. (2022). Observable tests for the light-sail scenario of interstellar objects. Astronomy and Astrophysics. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202244119
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title = {Observable tests for the light-sail scenario of interstellar objects},
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doi = {10.1051/0004-6361/202244119},
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Zhou, Wen-Han et al.. “Observable tests for the light-sail scenario of interstellar objects.” Astronomy and Astrophysics (2022). https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202244119.