Comments on: Odd orbit of Oumuamua https://www.habitablezone.com/2018/06/29/odd-orbit-of-oumuamua/ Fri, 03 Apr 2026 22:41:18 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ER https://www.habitablezone.com/2018/06/29/odd-orbit-of-oumuamua/#comment-41652 ER Sat, 30 Jun 2018 01:55:16 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=71592#comment-41652 is at the bottom of the gravity well as you do the slingshot. All the kinetic energy gained by the propellant during the fall in is transferred to the vehicle on its way up the other side. 70K Mph isn't much of an interstellar speed, but it might just be it was using the Sol pivot just as a course vector adjustment. Then again, maybe it was just a comet. is at the bottom of the gravity well as you do the slingshot. All the kinetic energy gained by the propellant during the fall in is transferred
to the vehicle on its way up the other side.

70K Mph isn’t much of an interstellar speed, but it might just be it was using the Sol pivot just as a course vector adjustment.

Then again, maybe it was just a comet.

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