# The tumbling rotational state of 1I/‘Oumuamua

@article{Fraser2017TheTR,
title={The tumbling rotational state of 1I/‘Oumuamua},
author={Wesley C. Fraser and Petr Pravec and Alan Fitzsimmons and Pedro Lacerda and Michele T. Bannister and Colin Snodgrass and Igor Smoli{\'c}},
journal={Nature Astronomy},
year={2017},
volume={2},
pages={383-386}
}
The discovery1 of 1I/2017 U1 (1I/‘Oumuamua) has provided the first glimpse of a planetesimal born in another planetary system. This interloper exhibits a variable colour within a range that is broadly consistent with local small bodies, such as the P- and D-type asteroids, Jupiter Trojans and dynamically excited Kuiper belt objects2–7. 1I/‘Oumuamua appears unusually elongated in shape, with an axial ratio exceeding 5:1 (refs 1,4,5,8). Rotation period estimates are inconsistent and varied, with…

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