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Evidence Suggesting That ‘Oumuamua Is the ∼30 Myr Old Product of a Molecular Cloud

  • Authors: Cheng-Han Hsieh, Gregory Laughlin, and Héctor G. Arce

2021 The Astrophysical Journal 917 20.

  • Provider: AAS Journals

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The orbit of ‘Oumuamua in the Galactic potential compared to the orbits of three young associations. In each panel, trajectories are propagated 500 Myr into the past in order to facilitate comparison. The quantity ρ charts the distance from the Galactic center. The red and black circles mark the current position of the Sun and the corresponding young association, respectively.

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