{"id":143198,"date":"2021-06-07T13:47:09","date_gmt":"2021-06-07T23:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=143198"},"modified":"2021-06-07T13:50:52","modified_gmt":"2021-06-07T23:50:52","slug":"uh-speaker-series-oumuamua","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/06\/07\/uh-speaker-series-oumuamua\/","title":{"rendered":"Mysteries of interstellar \u02bbOumuamua part of UH<\/abbr> speaker series"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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The object was given Hawaiian name, ʻOumuamua<\/span> (scout from the distant past) by Larry Kimura, a Hawaiian language professor at UH<\/abbr> Hilo. (Credit: ESO<\/abbr>\/M. Kornmesser)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Since its discovery in 2017, the interstellar object ʻOumuamua<\/span><\/a> has wowed and puzzled the world. The rapidly rotating object was initially thought to be an asteroid or comet, with some speculation that the object could be an alien spacecraft sent from a distant civilization.<\/p>\n

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Karen Meech<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

To discuss new and ongoing research about the object that continues to mystify researchers, the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Office of Alumni Relations<\/a> will feature a live online conversation with UH<\/abbr> Institute for Astronomy<\/a> (IfA<\/abbr>) Astronomer Karen Meech, who led an international research team\u2019s analyzation of ʻOumuamua<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n