Purported interstellar meteor that hit Earth on 8 January 2014
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CNEOS 2014-01-08, also known as Interstellar meteor 1 (IM1),[2][3][4] was a 0.45 m (1.5 ft) meteor that impacted Earth on 8 January 2014 near the northeast coast of Papua New Guinea. It was claimed to be an interstellar object in a 2019 preprint by astronomers Amir Siraj and Abraham Loeb,[2][5] and this was published in 2022.[6][7][8][9] Other astronomers doubt this,[10][11][12][13][14][15] and still other experts found Earth-related explanations for the purported meteorite impact instead.[16]
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- ^ a b Pultarova, Tereza (3 November 2022). "Confirmed! A 2014 meteor is Earth's 1st known interstellar visitor - Interstellar space rocks might be falling to Earth every 10 years". Space.com. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
- ^ Siraj, Amir; Loeb, Avi (20 September 2022). "Interstellar Meteors are Outliers in Material Strength". The Astrophysical Journal. 941 (2): L28. arXiv:2209.09905v1. Bibcode:2022ApJ...941L..28S. doi:10.3847/2041-8213/aca8a0. S2CID 252407502.
- ^ Loeb, Avi (23 September 2022). "The discovery of a second interstellar meteor". TheDebrief.org. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
- ^ Siraj, Amir; Loeb, Abraham (4 June 2019). "Discovery of a Meteor of Interstellar Origin". arXiv:1904.07224 [astro-ph.EP].
- ^ Siraj, Amir; Loeb, Abraham (16 September 2019). "An Argument for a Kilometer-Scale Nucleus of C/2019 Q4". Research Notes of the American Astronomical Society. 3 (9): 132. arXiv:1909.07286. Bibcode:2019RNAAS...3..132S. doi:10.3847/2515-5172/ab44c5. S2CID 202577998.
- ^ Roulette, Joey (15 April 2022). "Military Memo Deepens Possible Interstellar Meteor Mystery - The U.S. Space Command seemed to confirm a claim that a meteor from outside the solar system had entered Earth's atmosphere, but other scientists and NASA are still not convinced. (+ Comment)". The New York Times. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
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- ^ U.S. Space Command [@us_spacecom] (7 April 2022). "I had the pleasure of signing a memo with @ussfspoc's Chief Scientist, Dr. Mozer, to confirm that a previously-detected interstellar object was indeed an interstellar object, a confirmation that assisted the broader astronomical community" (Tweet). Retrieved 31 August 2022 – via Twitter.
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- ^ Richtel, Matt (11 March 2024). "Surprise: An 'Extraterrestrial' Gadget Was Something More Familiar - In 2014 a fireball from outer space was posited to be an alien artifact. A recent study suggests otherwise". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 11 March 2024. Retrieved 11 March 2024.