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Interstellar Object 'Oumuamua
  • 1. What shape is 'Oumuamua believed to be?
A) Cube-shaped
B) Cigar-shaped
C) Spherical
D) Triangular
  • 2. At what speed did 'Oumuamua pass through our solar system?
A) About 196,000 miles per hour
B) 50,000 miles per hour
C) 400,000 miles per hour
D) 1 million miles per hour
  • 3. What is the most likely origin of 'Oumuamua?
A) Man-made object
B) An asteroid from our solar system
C) From another star system
D) Fragment of a comet
  • 4. What color is 'Oumuamua believed to be?
A) Yellow
B) Reddish
C) Green
D) Blue
  • 5. What is the name of the telescope in Hawaii that first discovered 'Oumuamua?
A) Hubble
B) Pan-STARRS
C) Keck
D) Subaru
  • 6. What is the literal meaning of the name 'Oumuamua in Hawaiian?
A) Scout
B) Traveler
C) Visitor
D) Friend
  • 7. What was 'Oumuamua's trajectory as it entered and exited our solar system?
A) Hyperbolic
B) Elliptical
C) Circular
D) Parabolic
  • 8. Which famous physicist claimed that 'Oumuamua could be an alien probe?
A) Avi Loeb
B) Stephen Hawking
C) Neil deGrasse Tyson
D) Carl Sagan
  • 9. What unusual feature was observed about 'Oumuamua's brightness as it spun?
A) Completely dimmed every rotation
B) Flashed irregularly
C) Remained constant
D) Varied by a factor of 10
  • 10. Where is 'Oumuamua heading now?
A) Out of the solar system
B) Towards Mars
C) Towards the Sun
D) Towards Jupiter
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