Why couldn’t ‘solar wind’ (which we claim could push a ‘solar sail’) slow Oumuamua down as it was approaching and speed it up as it exited ?
There was some sci-fi flick where some astronomers were monitoring some asteroid coming into the solar system and it suddenly slowed down..........it was not a rock................
That is very likely possible... Or it’s magnetic and the poles switched to like kind after it went by giving it a repulsion push rather than a previous pull.
Yeah, that happens but something caused this body to act differently from others visiting the solar system. The solar wind (given a certain intensity) would affect all bodies equally depending on surface area and mass. That brings to mind a possibility for Oumuamua to be pushed around a little more... if it is hollow!