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I did no math to confirm this but intuitively it seems incredibly unlikely to hit a rogue planet if you shoot something to a star randomly. How's it any differe
by gnulinux 8y ago
I did no math to confirm this but intuitively it seems incredibly unlikely to hit a rogue planet if you shoot something to a star randomly. How's it any different than shooting something inside Solar system and accidentally hitting an asteroid?
- TheOtherHobbes 8y agoCollisions are not the problem. Gravitational perturbation is the problem. If most planetary systems are anything like this one, planetary orbits are quasi-stable, and a visitor could easily destroy that stability. It would take a while for that to play out - anything from months for a very unlikely very near miss, to many millennia for a distant visit.
- akvadrako 8y agoThe top post was talking about interstellar travel, not living on a planet.