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EDIT: Not even close to correct on speed of light, apologies. Still plenty fast though.

This is a little off-topic, but I can't imagine a better group of folks with which to wonder at this thing:
News | Small Asteroid or Comet 'Visits' from Beyond the Solar System

Came in at 25.5 km/s, leaving at 44, or about half the speed of light (90 km/s)... Wow. This sucker is going places.
What kind of forces can make an object go that fast? Some pretty massive gravity-induced slingshots, like the one it just pulled around the Sun I suppose, but stronger, or repeated multiple times?

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