2018
DOI: 10.1093/mnrasl/sly088
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The origin of interstellar asteroidal objects like 1I/2017 U1 ‘Oumuamua

Abstract: We study the origin of the interstellar object 1I/2017 U1 'Oumuamua by juxtaposing estimates based on the observations with simulations. We speculate that objects like 'Oumuamua are formed in the debris disc as left over from the star and planet formation process, and subsequently liberated. The liberation process is mediated either by interaction with other stars in the parental star-cluster, by resonant interactions within the planetesimal disc or by the relatively sudden mass loss when the host star becomes… Show more

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“…Our results present a another potential origin for such alien comets: capture from interstellar space. Of course, these captured ISOs must have been liberated from their parent star by post-main-sequence evolution of planetary systems (Hansen & Zuckerman 2017), interactions with planets within their natal host system (Raymond et al 2018a,b), or close encounters in the stellar birth cluster (Hands et al 2019), see also Portegies Zwart et al (2018).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Our results present a another potential origin for such alien comets: capture from interstellar space. Of course, these captured ISOs must have been liberated from their parent star by post-main-sequence evolution of planetary systems (Hansen & Zuckerman 2017), interactions with planets within their natal host system (Raymond et al 2018a,b), or close encounters in the stellar birth cluster (Hands et al 2019), see also Portegies Zwart et al (2018).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Considering that UAOs have a lower collisional cross section, due to smaller masses, their probability of encountering a star is even lower, supporting our hypothesis that the Sun is the fist star visited by 'Oumuamua. In contrast, the high density of the UAOs, as estimated by Portegies Zwart et al 2018, leads to an expected encounter rate between the Sun and UAOs of up to a dozen per year. It is therefore expected that one UAO visits 0 to 1 star during its life time, while one star is visited by several UAOs every year.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The existence of 'Oumuamua has implications for its formation and origin and on the small body populations in other planetary systems (Trilling et al 2017;Ćuk 2018;Feng & Jones 2018;Do et al 2018;Raymond et al 2018a,b;Zwart et al 2018;Gaidos 2018;Jackson et al 2018;Katz 2018). Overall, these formation models generally prefer a comet-like body for interstellar interlopers.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%