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CNEOS 2014-01-08

Purported first known interstellar object: meteor that hit Earth on January 8, 2014

ISO CNEOS 2014-01-08
Interstellar meteor 1
IM1

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instance of

unconfirmed exoplanet

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stated in

Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia

discoverer or inventor

Avi Loeb

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reference URL

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/interstellar-meteor-may-have-collided-earth-2014-180971981/

Amir Siraj

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reference URL

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/interstellar-meteor-may-have-collided-earth-2014-180971981/

time of discovery or invention

8 January 2014

refine date

17:05:34

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stated in

The 2019 Discovery of a Meteor of Interstellar Origin

site of astronomical discovery

Center for Near-Earth Object Studies

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reference URL

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/interstellar-meteor-may-have-collided-earth-2014-180971981/

discovery method

direct imaging

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stated in

Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia

constellation

Pisces

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based on heuristic

inferred from equatorial coordinates

orbital eccentricity

2.4±0.3

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stated in

The 2019 Discovery of a Meteor of Interstellar Origin

stated in source according to

Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia

orbital inclination

10±2 degree

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stated in

The 2019 Discovery of a Meteor of Interstellar Origin

longitude of ascending node

108±1 degree

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stated in

The 2019 Discovery of a Meteor of Interstellar Origin

dissolved, abolished or demolished date

8 January 2014

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17:05:34

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stated in

The 2019 Discovery of a Meteor of Interstellar Origin

cause of destruction

atmospheric entry

coordinate location

1°18'S, 147°36'E

elevation above sea level

18.7 kilometre

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stated in

The 2019 Discovery of a Meteor of Interstellar Origin

radius

0.0000000000062 Jupiter radius

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stated in

The 2019 Discovery of a Meteor of Interstellar Origin

stated in source according to

Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia

diameter

0.45 metre

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stated in

The 2019 Discovery of a Meteor of Interstellar Origin

recovered by

The Galileo Project

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retrieved

7 August 2023

Wikimedia import URL

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=CNEOS_2014-01-08&oldid=1167068732

epoch

J2000.0

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stated in

Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia

speed

44.8 kilometre per second

point in time

8 January 2014

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stated in

The 2019 Discovery of a Meteor of Interstellar Origin

right ascension

0 degree

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stated in

Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia

declination

0 degree

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Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia

Commons category

CNEOS 2014-01-08

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Identifiers

Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia exoplanet ID

iso_cneos_2014_01_08--8184

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Google Knowledge Graph ID

/g/11j3ww37w1

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