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This latest report is based on the same calculations that

Jan. 11, 2018 by Carolyn Mueller

This latest report is based on the same calculations that led to earlier observations of the object.

The first paper that details what the 'Oumuamua object is shows a large disk of dust at the center, about the size of the Sun. This dust has been found to be in fact very faint and almost invisible to most observers. However, it is worth pointing out that this object is a giant in size compared to the average star system, and that the researchers were able to find a few pieces of evidence for it.

The researchers found that the dust is a very strong organic material that is known to be produced by stars as large as the Sun. It has been thought that the dust is made by the gravitational force of the Sun. However, this was only recently discovered, and it is possible that stars are very far from objects with this heavy material in their atmospheres.

Researchers then tried to detect the presence of the dust within the dust disk. But this was difficult due to the different atmospheres of the objects.

It was found that this 'Oumuamua object is very close to the Sun, but is actually much farther from the Sun than the other two objects observed. Even though the object was moving at a much slower rate than the observed speed, it was still moving at a much slower rate than the other two objects.

The researchers suggest that the dust disk is very dense, which may explain the large object's unusual shape as it accelerated away from the Sun.

This article originally appeared on  Astrophysical Journal.

Alexandra A. LeBlanc is a graduate student and senior research scientist for the Institute for Astrophysics and Astronomy at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Dr. LeBlanc is the principal investigator of the new research and is also a professor of astrophysics at the University of Maryland. She is also a member of the Society of Astrophysics. She is the principal investigator of the new paper in Astrophysical Journal.

Astrophysical Journal (July 27), "Observations of the 'Oumuamua object," http://www.astro.edu/~leblanc/Observations_of_the_Oumuamua_object.

Astrophysical Journal (July 25), "Astrophysics-related research on the 'Oumuamua object," http://www.astro.edu/~leblanc/Astrophysics