Interstellar Traveler Oumuamua Mystery Solved

<p>2017 interstellar asteroid Oumuamua, which means &ldquo;a messenger from afar arriving first&rdquo;, made big headlines because its trajectory &ldquo;violated gravitational laws&rdquo;. Oumuamua on its way out of Solar system had a higher-than-expected velocity, and its trajectory shifted outside of the expected hyperbolic trajectory:</p> <p><iframe frameborder="0" height="480" scrolling="no" src="https://cdn.embedly.com/widgets/media.html?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2FfdfD-Bj2RBE%3Ffeature%3Doembed&amp;display_name=YouTube&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DfdfD-Bj2RBE&amp;image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FfdfD-Bj2RBE%2Fhqdefault.jpg&amp;key=a19fcc184b9711e1b4764040d3dc5c07&amp;type=text%2Fhtml&amp;schema=youtube" title="The Unexpected Trajectory of Interstellar Asteroid 'Oumuamua" width="854"></iframe></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdfD-Bj2RBE" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdfD-Bj2RBE</a></p> <p>Newton&rsquo;s gravitational force F (between masses m and M at distance R by formula F=G&times;m&times;M/R&sup2;, where G is some constant) is responsible for circular and elliptical planetary (and asteroids&rsquo;) orbits, and for parabolic and hyperbolic trajectories of asteroids:</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/timematters/interstellar-traveler-oumuamua-mystery-solved-494623ae994e"><strong>Read More</strong></a></p>