'Oumuamua
the first interstellar object · passed the Sun in 2017
55 AU from Earth
A reddish object a few hundred metres long (its size and shape are uncertain) that came from another star, swung past the Sun and is leaving forever at 26 km/s. It tumbled end over end and sped up slightly, as a comet would, without showing any tail.
- 55 AU from the Sun and leaving at ~26 km/s
- drawn as a long thin body, one of the shapes that fit its light curve
Numbers that change with time are from 8 November 2026.
open 'Oumuamua in the atlas ›- kind
- comet or meteor shower
- distance
- 55.3 AU from the Sun
- orbits
- the Sun
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