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: 540 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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Nov 3 2017, 03:24 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1729 Joined: 3-August 06 From: 43° 35' 53" N 1° 26' 35" E Member No.: 1004 |
I suspect that the xenoasteroid's redness has something to do with its exposure for millions of years to energetic cosmic rays and to its surface being mostly untouched ever since it abandoned its original solar system. keep in mind, that since then, it should have encountered mostly minuscule interstellar dust particles.
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Nov 3 2017, 10:48 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 684 Joined: 24-July 15 Member No.: 7619 |
I suspect that the xenoasteroid's redness has something to do with its exposure for millions of years to energetic cosmic rays and to its surface being mostly untouched ever since it abandoned its original solar system. keep in mind, that since then, it should have encountered mostly minuscule interstellar dust particles. Or Dave Lister finally finished that paint job... |
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