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4 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 › Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies

   Constraining planetesimal stirring: how sharp are debris disc edges?

   Marino · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2021

   The paper shows that how sharp a debris disc's outer edge is can constrain how stirred its planetesimals are, then fits this to ALMA data of five wide discs.

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   1. UncheckedThe paper relates a disc's orbital eccentricity spread to its outer-edge smoothness, with a different factor if self-stirring has spread the semi-major axes.“If the semi-major axis distribution has sharp edges $e_\mathrm{rms}$ is roughly $1.2 l_{\rm out}/r_{\max}$, or $e_\mathrm{rms}=0.77 l_{\rm out}/r_{\max}$ if semi-major axes have diffused due to self-stirring.”
   2. UncheckedThe outer edges of the discs around HD 206893 and HR 8799 are smooth, which the paper reads as scattered discs, as both stars have massive inner companions.“HD 206893 and HR~8799, on the other hand, have smooth outer edges that are indicative of scattered discs since both systems have massive inner companions.”