British media said that some people had speculated that a strange cigar-shaped space object was an alien spacecraft, but scientists concluded that it was just an asteroid. According to the British Daily Telegraph website (65438+February 18), this celestial body named Omo Mo was discovered by the panoramic survey telescope and rapid response system of the University of Hawaii on June+10/9, 65438, and astronomers all over the world have been tracking its activities ever since.

It is believed that this is the first asteroid from outside the solar system. Last week, Stephen Hawking's "Breakthrough Hearing" project in search of extraterrestrial civilization announced that it was studying the object for signs of alien technology. Long-range space navigation researchers have previously said that cigar-shaped or needle-shaped structure is the most likely structure of starships, because it will minimize the friction and damage caused by space gas and dust. However, scientists from Queen's University Belfast confirmed on June 5438+08 that it is an asteroid similar in size and shape to the London skyscraper "Cucumber".

According to the report, the team composed of scientists from the United States, Canada, Chile and other countries and regions said that they made a "key observation" on the chemical composition of this asteroid. Dr Michelle bannister's research report was published in this week's British Astrophysics Journal Newsletter. She said that this gray-red object is covered with dust and sand, and its surface looks like an asteroid in the solar system.

She said: "No astronomer has mentioned that it is related to aliens, only that it comes from outside the solar system. Its surface is composed of a layer of insulating material, so there may be organic compounds besides dust and sand. We don't know if there is ice in it. If there is ice, it is insulated by the surface material. " Professor Allen fitzsimmons of Queen's University Belfast published another article in the British magazine Nature Astronomy. He said: "When an object is irradiated by the sun, a half-meter thick coating rich in organic matter may protect the water ice core from evaporation, even if it is heated to more than 300 degrees Celsius."

Before that, there were many papers about this object. "Omo Mo" is the first celestial body found in the solar system from other parts of the Milky Way. Dr Banister said the discovery was "exciting". She described the object as a space driftwood and thought it provided clues for us to understand the world outside our solar system.

Omomo is named after the Hawaiian word "scout" or "messenger". On June+10 this year, when it passed through the earth, its distance from the earth was about 85 times that of the earth and the moon. Omomo is expected to leave the solar coefficient year. Future research on it may focus on tracing its exact source.