"Subsequent analysis and observations have confirmed the object has a high eccentricity, meaning it is on a hyperbolic path that will take it in and out of our Solar System, never to return."

“We were somewhat cautious as to whether it was hyperbolic or not,” says Matthew Payne from the MPC. “Over the course of the past few days, it became increasingly apparent that it looks like it has a hyperbolic trajectory.”

"As mentioned this would be the second known interstellar object to enter our Solar System, since a first called ‘Oumuamua (or 1I/2017 U1) was spotted in October 2017. Both are believed to have traveled from other planetary systems to our own across the vast expanse of the galaxy over millions or even billions of years"