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by oumua_don17·3y ago·view on hn ↗
Preliminary orbital calculations suggest that the object came from the approximate direction of the bright star Vega, in the northern constellation of Lyra. However, it took so long for the interstellar object to make the journey―even at the speed of about 59,000 miles per hour (26.4 kilometers per second)―that Vega was not near that position when the ‘Oumuamua was there about 300,000 years ago.

Source: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/asteroids-comets-and-meteors/co...