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3 claims from 2 papers

1. Physics and Astronomy › Astro and Planetary Science

   A brief visit from a red and extremely elongated interstellar asteroid

   Meech, Weryk, Micheli et al. · Nature · 2017

   The paper reports observations of 'Oumuamua, the first object seen to arrive from outside the Solar System, finding it asteroid-like, spectrally red and very elongated.

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   1. UncheckedBrightness variations suggest 'Oumuamua is extremely elongated, about ten times longer than wide, with a mean radius near 102 metres if its albedo is 0.04.“Light-curve observations indicate that the object has an extremely oblong shape, with a length about ten times its width, and a mean radius of about 102 metres assuming an albedo of 0.04.”
   2. UncheckedThe interstellar object 'Oumuamua looked like an asteroid, showing no sign of comet-like activity even when passing within 0.25 astronomical units of the Sun.“Our observations during the brief visit by the object to the inner Solar System reveal it to be asteroidal, with no hint of cometary activity despite an approach within 0.25 astronomical units of the Sun.”

2. Physics and Astronomy › Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies

   PLANET-PLANET SCATTERING IN PLANETESIMAL DISKS. II. PREDICTIONS FOR OUTER EXTRASOLAR PLANETARY SYSTEMS

   Raymond, Armitage and Gorelick · The Astrophysical Journal · 2010

   Using 5,000 N-body simulations of three planets and a planetesimal disk, the authors predict the typical properties of outer extrasolar planetary systems, beyond 5 AU, including eccentricities and resonances.

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   1. UncheckedIn simulations, planets heavier than Saturn are only modestly affected by a planetesimal disk, and the model reproduces the observed eccentricities of known exoplanets.“For large planet masses (above that of Saturn) the influence of the disk is modest, and we recover the observed eccentricity distribution of extrasolar planets (observed primarily at smaller radii).”