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> 0.163 AU from Earth - what are the odds? Look at it from a sampling bias perspective. The object at its brightest was very dim (19th magnitude) and moving fa
by planteen 8y ago
> 0.163 AU from Earth - what are the odds?
Look at it from a sampling bias perspective. The object at its brightest was very dim (19th magnitude) and moving fast. The ability for rapid, repeating full sky surveys is recent (PanSTARRS had been online for around a decade). The limiting magnitude of PanSTARRS is 24th. So if such other such objects exist, of course we are going to find the closest ones first since they are the brightest.