# European Southern Observatory 2017: ESO Observations Show First Interstellar Asteroid is Like Nothing Seen Before (eso1737)

> European Southern Observatory, 2017. 7 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Source of the reusable deep image and the artist's impression.

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# ESO Observations Show First Interstellar Asteroid is Like Nothing Seen Before (eso1737)

European Southern Observatory, 2017. _ESO press releases_.

The release of 20 November 2017 accompanying the Nature paper, with the VLT FORS results, the combined deep image of the object (eso1737b, eso1737d), the light curve (eso1737f) and the artist's impression (eso1737a). ESO's copyright page places its images and press texts under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.

**1I/'Oumuamua** Web pageCopy of **[1I/'Oumuamua](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oumuamua/artifacts/ART0CSKCV7Y2C6C/1i-oumuamua)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

Source of the reusable deep image and the artist's impression.

## Cited by on this site 7 records

[A dense, dry rocky or metal-rich body with no significant ice.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oumuamua/answers/ANS0CSKCCK66HF0/a-dense-dry-rocky-or-metal-rich-body-with-no-significant-ice)

Answer

ANS

[1I/'Oumuamua: drawing](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oumuamua/copies/CPY0CSKCWF07119/1i-oumuamua-drawing)

CPY

[1I/'Oumuamua: photo](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oumuamua/copies/CPY0CSKCVFR4F8J/1i-oumuamua-photo)

CPY

[1I/'Oumuamua: photo](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oumuamua/copies/CPY0CSKCVZC3YK7/1i-oumuamua-photo)

CPY

[The discovery-era interpretation was a dense, possibly rocky or metal-rich body lacking water or ice.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oumuamua/evidence/EVD0CSKCCV03T2S/the-discovery-era-interpretation-was-a-dense-possibly-rocky)

Evidence

EVD

[Meech and colleagues publish the discovery and characterisation in Nature](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oumuamua/events/EVT0CSKBVZY5BCX/meech-and-colleagues-publish-the-discovery-and)

EVT

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

The mystery article

MYS

## Cite it

```
European Southern Observatory (2017). ESO Observations Show First Interstellar Asteroid is Like Nothing Seen Before (eso1737). ESO press releases. https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1737/
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[Read it free at eso.org](https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1737/)

Key

**SRC** 0CSKBGGR5HD7

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Web page

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CC-BY-4.0

Kept

29 Oct 2026

Checked

Against the published original

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