Robert Weryk

Robert J. Weryk (born 1981) is a Canadian physicist and astronomer.[2] He currently works at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa where he discovered the first known interstellar object, ʻOumuamua.[3][4][5] He has also published numerous articles on meteors and other astronomical topics.[6]

Artist’s impression of the interstellar object ʻOumuamua.[1]

References
  1. "ESO's VLT Sees 'Oumuamua Getting a Boost - New results indicate interstellar nomad 'Oumuamua is a comet". www.eso.org. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  2. "Astronomer Robert Weryk discovers the world's first interstellar asteroid". London Morning. 31 October 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  3. Fleur, Nicholas St (27 October 2017). "Astronomers Race to Study a Mystery Object From Outside Our Solar System". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  4. Greicius, Tony (26 October 2017). "Small Asteroid or Comet 'Visits' from Beyond the Solar System". NASA. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  5. "Updated: For the first time, astronomers are tracking a distant visitor streaking through our solar system". Science | AAAS. 27 October 2017. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  6. Meech, Karen J.; Weryk, Robert; Micheli, Marco; Kleyna, Jan T.; Hainaut, Olivier R.; Jedicke, Robert; Wainscoat, Richard J.; Chambers, Kenneth C.; Keane, Jacqueline V. (20 November 2017). "A brief visit from a red and extremely elongated interstellar asteroid". Nature. 552 (7685): 378–381. Bibcode:2017Natur.552..378M. doi:10.1038/nature25020. ISSN 1476-4687. PMC 8979573. PMID 29160305.


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