Interstellar Interlopers, Coming in from the great beyond |
Interstellar Interlopers, Coming in from the great beyond |
Oct 27 2017, 01:40 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 541 Joined: 17-November 05 From: Oklahoma Member No.: 557 |
They finally found a chunk of something coming into the Solar System. Something much bigger than cosmic rays or dust particles.
Asteroid/comet in hyperbolic trajectory |
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Dec 22 2017, 11:07 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2090 Joined: 13-February 10 From: Ontario Member No.: 5221 |
I suppose the best way to get answers is find one and see how it's moving. But what would it take for Oort cloud objects to be observed in situ, and have their orbit calculated? Could any (practical) telescope on Earth or in orbit detect them, given their size, distance, and albedo, or would some sort of dedicated mission need to go out into the darkness and survey them (if they exist, of course)? I read about the Whipple mission proposal, could it actually work?
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