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It will reach a distance corresponding to Uranus' orbit in August 2020 and of Neptune in late June 2024. In late 2025 'Oumuamua will reach the outer edge of the Kuiper Belt, and then the heliopause — the edge of the Solar System — in November 2038. Are you a journalist? Subscribe to the ESA/Hubble Media Newsletter.

That's not what happened, Oumuamua passed through the solar system from deep space and then left on a different trajectory back out into deep space. It's highly unlikely that it will ever return: it's not part of the solar system and isn't orbiting the Sun.

'Oumuamua is the first confirmed object from another star to visit our solar system. This interstellar interloper appears to be a rocky, cigar-shaped object with a somewhat reddish hue. The object was named 'Oumuamua by its discoverers. It means "a messenger from afar arriving first" in Hawaiian.

Since it would be traveling at such a massive speed relative to Earth's surface, it would have an energy equivalent to 30.86 megatons of TNT, or about 2057 Hiroshima bombs. Anything within 51 kilometers (31.6 miles) would be burnt to a crisp almost instantly.

It was the first known visitor from outside our solar system, it had no bright coma or dust tail like most comets, and had a peculiar shape — something between a cigar and a pancake.

Scientists are racing to design spacecraft to reach the enigmatic 'Oumuamua — or be ready for the next one. 1I/2017 U1 ('Oumuamua) was discovered in October 2017; shortly after, it was determined to be the first object ever seen inside the solar system that had come from beyond it.

This very deep combined image shows the interstellar asteroid 'Oumuamua at the centre of the picture. It is surrounded by the trails of faint stars that are smeared as the telescopes tracked the moving asteroid.

'Oumuamua is heading toward the constellation Pegasus and is now far beyond the orbit of Neptune. It is passing through the Kuiper Belt, a ring of icy bodies near the edge of the solar system, and is now beyond the reach of our telescopes. It will never come back toward Earth.

Where is Asteroid 1I/2017 U1 (Oumuamua)? Asteroid 1I/2017 U1 (Oumuamua) is currently in the constellation of Pegasus. The current Right Ascension is 00h 01m 18s and the Declination is +24° 47' 53”.

While 'Oumuamua's closest approach to the Sun occurred at a considerable distance, it also passed relatively close to Earth, cosmically speaking. On October 14, 2017, it passed within about 0.16 AU of our planet, which is equivalent to roughly 24 million kilometers (15 million miles).