On: Interstellar Visitor Found to Be Unlike a Comet or an Asteroid

[pilsetnieks]

If one were so inclined, they could argue that the spinning is in fact very relevant, as it would allow a static camera or other observation device a full 360° view along all axes.

[rbanffy → pilsetnieks]

Any civilization capable of building an interstellar craft would certainly have mastered the ability to move a camera by then ;-)

[pilsetnieks → rbanffy]

Stealth. If you wanted to reveal yourself, you wouldn't need to disguise your probe as space debris.