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It may not change this encounter much, but it could change the orbit just enough for some future earth-orbit crossing - as could the gravitational effect of an
by dmckeon 7y ago
It may not change this encounter much, but it could change
the orbit just enough for some future earth-orbit
crossing - as could the gravitational effect of any of
the other planets, their moons, and all the other asteroids
change the orbits of anything out there. Solar systems
can be messy places, over geologic time frames.
Sometime, sooner or later, we will have a significant
impact.