What is ʻOumuamua?
'''ʻOumuamua''' ({{lang-haw|first messenger arriving from afar}})<ref>{{cite web|author=Gareth V. Williams|title=MPEC 2017-V17: New Designation Scheme for Interstellar Objects|url=http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/mpec/K17/K17V17.html|website=minorplanetcenter.net|date=November 6, 2017}}</ref> is an object from another [[star system]] that visited our [[solar system]]. Its official name is '''1I/2017 U1'''. ʻOumuamua is the first interstellar object that we know has passed through our solar system.<ref>{{cite web|author=Karen Northon|title=Our Solar System's first known interstellar object gets unexpected speed boost |url=https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/our-solar-system-s-first-known-interstellar-object-gets-unexpected-speed-boost|website=nasa.gov|date=June 27, 2018}}</ref> Oumuamua was first discovered on 19 October 2017 using the Pan-STARRS1 telescope at the [[Haleakala Observatory]] in [[Hawaii]].<ref>{{cite journal|title=Discovery and characterization of the first known interstellar object|journal=Nature|author=Karen J. Meech |display-authors = etal|date=November 1, 2017 |url=https://www.eso.org/public/archives/releases/sciencepapers/eso1737/eso1737a.pdf}}</ref> Its appearance is long and narrow, and it had a dark red color, similar to objects in the outer Solar System. == References == {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Oumuamua}} [[Category:Astronomical objects]] {{science-stub}}