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Whether by chance or by design, the fact that it has the rough shape of a boat or rocket weakly suggests that it passed through a thicker medium than empty spac
by lovemenot 9y ago
Whether by chance or by design, the fact that it has the rough shape of a boat or rocket weakly suggests that it passed through a thicker medium than empty space. But it came through alone; collisions would have fragmented it.
- ehnto 9y agoI am an astro-noob. But are you suggesting for example that it might have passed through a gas giant?
- lovemenot 9y agoNot specially. I imagine a lot of these wanderers of all shapes might exist. Statistically, that we have only seen one with such an unusual shape demands explanation. One possible reason would be that more conventional shapes are somehow hampered in their travels. My thesis is that a torpedo shape is relatively advantageous to objects traversing a fluid medium. I have no idea what fluid that might be.