Feasibility of Mission to 2015 BZ509, Mission to an "interstellar immigrant" |
Feasibility of Mission to 2015 BZ509, Mission to an "interstellar immigrant" |
Jun 2 2018, 11:58 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 154 Joined: 8-June 04 Member No.: 80 |
I was wondering if is would be possible for a spacecraft to visit the "interstellar immigrant" 2015 BZ509? I would think this would be a very exciting opportunity to visit something from outside our solar system that is in orbit(retrograde) around the sun.
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Jun 3 2018, 02:31 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2082 Joined: 13-February 10 From: Ontario Member No.: 5221 |
Unless its just a high velocity flyby, a Jupiter swing-by would be pretty much mandatory, without prodigious fuel needs or sci-fi propulsion methods. Ulysses did one in 1992 to change its inclination to polar; presumably a second would be needed to start going retrograde? It would take many years to do so if one gravitational assist can't do the work (some more discussion here; https://www.centauri-dreams.org/2018/05/22/...stellar-system/ ) They mention Halley's comet, which is also retrograde. I wonder what might be feasible by 2061....
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