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Doumtabarnack OP t1_j5gmpip wrote

Reply to comment by UmbralRaptor in Oumuamua by Doumtabarnack

Do we know if its turn around the sun increased its current velocity relative to us or decreased it?

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the_fungible_man t1_j5gq7e4 wrote

Its encounter with the Sun changed the direction of it's motion, but not its speed. It's path was bent 66° by its trip through the Sun's gravity well, but for all practical purposes – treating the Sun and Oumuamua as a simplified two body system – Oumuamua left the solar system at the same speed it entered it.

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