Anonymous ID: 2a627f Aug. 8, 2025, 8:19 a.m. No.23440636   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun

The resulting change in velocity during the period when it was near its closest approach to the Sun summed to about 17 meters per second. Initial speculation as to the cause of this acceleration pointed to the comet-like outgassing. Although no such tail of gasses was observed following the object, researchers estimated that enough outgassing may have increased the object's speed without the gases being detectable. A critical reassessment of the outgassing hypothesis argued that, instead of the observed stability of Oumuamua's spin, outgassing would have caused its spin to rapidly change due to its elongated shape, resulting in the object tearing apart.