[alexander_busek]

Very enlightening, yet not definitive. The velocity may overcome the Sun’s gravity but the Sun also has trajectory as does this object. Velocity is not the sole variable in the equation and the Sun is not a fixed object.

You aren't paying attention:

As of Nov. 20, 'Oumuamua is travelling about 38.3 km/s relative to the Sun.

"Relative to the Sun" means: "As though the Sun were motionless / were a fixed object.

Regards,

[Hostage]

I know it is a relative measure. It can’t be anything other than a relative measure.

Because it is a relative measure, it has degrees of freedom independent from the object’s kinetic energy. Those second moments can play a part in slowing the object’s relative velocity. That’s what I would grill them on.

You are focused on the first moment only and ignoring the second moments. Often in modeling, the second moments affect the first coefficients greatly. It is not a static thing.