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A comment on Project Lyra: sending spacecraft to chase Oumuamua using Sun for Oberth maneuver. Parent comment

Re:Project Lyra: sending spacecraft to chase Oumuamua using ... by jfengel on Monday December 11, 2023 @05:30PM (#38606360)
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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Re:Project Lyra: sending spacecraft to chase Oumuamua using ... by mitsu_at on Monday December 11, 2023 @11:11PM (#38609344)
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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