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by jfengel 923 days ago
How fast is it going when it arrives at Oumuamua?

Or to put it another way... how long will it have to gather data?
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mitsu_at 922 days ago
In the two examples above, the Solar Oberth Maneuver would have it pass 1I with a relative speed of ~30 km/s. The Jupiter-only maneuver passes 1I with a relative speed of ~18 km/s.
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