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ʻOumuamua
Interstellar object · Interstellar object that passed near Earth in 2017
About ʻOumuamua
On 2026-01-01, the date the map shows, ʻOumuamua was 50.4 AU from the Sun; sunlight takes 6.99 hours to reach it.
The map lists it as an interstellar object and shows it in the Solar System part of the map, drawn on the plane of Earth’s orbit (the ecliptic).
First known interstellar object (2017). Its hyperbolic path means it will never return.
Key numbers
| Perihelion | 0.264 AU |
|---|---|
| Orbit | Hyperbolic (unbound) |
| Eccentricity | 1.2072 |
| Inclination | 122.64° |
| Radius | 100 m |
| Distance from the Sun | 50.4 AU |
Where it is
Its place in the universe, from the inside out: Solar System › Orion–Cygnus Arm (Local Arm) › Milky Way › Local Group › Virgo Supercluster › Laniakea Supercluster › Observable universe.
Zoom out to see it in context: Neptune and the Kuiper belt, a view about 110 AU across.
From Wikipedia
1I/ʻOumuamua is the first confirmed interstellar object detected passing through the Solar System.
Excerpt from the Wikipedia article 1I/ʻOumuamua, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.