Expected Fragment Distribution from the First Interstellar Meteor CNEOS 2014-01-08OPEN ACCESS
Amory Tillinghast-Raby, Abraham Loeb, Amir Siraj Draft version December 5, 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “The fireball of the first interstellar meteor, CNEOS 2014-01-08 (IM1) (Siraj & Loeb 2019), was detected off the northern coast of…
Physical Considerations for an Intercept Mission to a 1I/’Oumuamua-like Interstellar ObjectOPEN ACCESS
Amir Siraj, Abraham Loeb, Amaya Moro-Martin, Mark Elowitz, Abigail White, Wesley Watters, Gary Melnick, Richard Cloete, Jonathan Grindlay, Frank Laukien accepted for publication in Journal of Astronomical InstrumentationDraft version November 7, 2022 PDF (OPEN ACCESS)…
Interstellar Object Accessibility and Mission DesignOPEN ACCESS
Benjamin P. S. Donitz, Declan Mages, Hiroyasu Tsukamoto, Peter Dixon, Damon Landau, Soon-Jo Chung, Erica Bufanda, Michel Ingham, Julie Castillo-Rogez Accepted at IEEE Aerospace Conference LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Interstellar objects (ISOs) are fascinating and under-explored…
Interstellar Meteors are Outliers in Material StrengthOPEN ACCESS
Amir Siraj, Abraham Loeb submitted for publication in ApJL PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Update (16 December 2022): LINK (OPEN ACCESS), PDF (OPEN ACCESS)The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 941, Number 2 “The first interstellar meteor larger than…
An Ocean Expedition by the Galileo Project to Retrieve Fragments of the First Large Interstellar Meteor CNEOS 2014-01-08OPEN ACCESS
Amir Siraj, Abraham Loeb, Tim Gallaudet submitted to the Journal of Astronomical Instrumentation. text overlap with arXiv:2204.08482 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The earliest confirmed interstellar object, `Oumuamua, was discovered in the Solar System by Pan-STARRS in…
Orbital characterization of superbolides observed from space: Dynamical association with near-Earth objects, meteoroid streams and identification of hyperbolic projectilesOPEN ACCESS
E. Peña-Asensio, J. M. Trigo-Rodríguez, A. Rimola Accepted for publication in The Astronomical Journal PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “There is an unceasing incoming flux of extraterrestrial materials reaching the Earth’s atmosphere. Some of these objects produce…
A Meteor of Apparent Interstellar Origin in the CNEOS Fireball CatalogOPEN ACCESS (16 April 2019 draft was updated on 19 April 2022, publ. 2 November 2022)
Amir Siraj, Abraham Loeb Update (2 November 2022): The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 939, Number 1Published: 2 November 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The earliest confirmed interstellar object, ‘Oumuamua, was discovered in the solar system…
New Constraints on the Composition and Initial Speed of CNEOS 2014-01-08
Amir Siraj, Abraham Loeb accepted for publication in RNAASSubmitted on 18 April 2022 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We study the newly released light curve from the fireball of the first interstellar meteor CNEOS 2014-01-08. The measured…
Interstellar Now! Missions to Explore Nearby Interstellar Objects
Andreas M. Hein, T. Marshall Eubanks, Manasvi Lingam, Adam Hibberd, Dan Fries, Jean Schneider, Pierre Kervella, Robert Kennedy, Nikolaos Perakis, Bernd Dachwald Advances in Space ResearchAvailable online 7 July 2021 LINK “The recently discovered first…
The challenge of identifying interstellar meteors
Maria Hajdukova, Veerle Sterken, Paul Wiegert, Leonard Kornoš Planetary and Space ScienceReview ArticleIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 7 August 2020 LINK “Highlights We have shown how challenging the identification of interstellar particles is. The…
