Show HN: Are interstellar visitors alien probes?

Category: other

Tags: astronomy, statistics, monte-carlo, interstellar-objects, python

Score: 6.3/10 (Innovation: 8, Technical: 7, Documentation: 6, Utility: 4)

solar-visitor-metric quantifies how surprising the trajectories of interstellar objects like ʻOumuamua and 3I/ATLAS are under an explicit null model, expressing surprise in bits. It combines orbital mechanics, stellar catalogs, and Monte Carlo calibration to test claims of artificial origin, offering a rigorous statistical framework for an otherwise speculative debate.

Target audience: astronomers, astrophysicists, data scientists, science communicators

Repository: https://hyperbolic.lucent.tools/ · Python

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