# Hein 2019: Project Lyra: Sending a spacecraft to 1I/'Oumuamua (former A/2017 U1), the interstellar asteroid

> Andreas M. Hein, Nikolaos Perakis, T. Marshall Eubanks et al., 2019. 1 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The origin of Project Lyra.

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# Project Lyra: Sending a spacecraft to 1I/'Oumuamua (former A/2017 U1), the interstellar asteroid

Andreas M. Hein, Nikolaos Perakis, T. Marshall Eubanks et al., 2019. _Acta Astronautica_.

The Initiative for Interstellar Studies' first feasibility study for a mission to catch the object, which is receding at about 26 km/s: Jupiter flyby plus solar Oberth manoeuvre options on a Falcon Heavy class launcher. Acta Astronautica 161, 552-561.

**1I/'Oumuamua** Articledoi: **[10.1016/j.actaastro.2018.12.042](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2018.12.042)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

The origin of Project Lyra.

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[1I/'Oumuamua](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oumuamua)

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## Cite it

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Hein, A. M., Perakis, N., Eubanks, T. M., Hibberd, A., Crowl, A., Hayward, K., Kennedy, R. G., & Osborne, R. (2019). Project Lyra: Sending a spacecraft to 1I/'Oumuamua (former A/2017 U1), the interstellar asteroid. Acta Astronautica. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2018.12.042
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