If Oumuamua has come from so far away, and in it's final approach was primarily attracted by the Sun, why didn't it hit the Sun? On the surface of planet Earth, the force of gravity is pretty much a constant through our entire lives. NASAOn the scale of the solar system, the entire mass of the Earth is peanuts compared to the mass contained in the Sun. Why didn’t the force of the Sun’s gravity redirect the object into itself? On the other hand, the speed with which it came into our solar system was typical for an object outside of our solar system, so it coming in slower would be unusual, considering where it was coming from!

Source: Forbes November 30, 2017 02:15 UTC