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It'll block a star for ~1/2500th of a second (assuming a three meter blocking radius, and 7500m/s) - I wouldn't be surprised if that went undetected 99% of the
by DuskStar 7y ago
It'll block a star for ~1/2500th of a second (assuming a three meter blocking radius, and 7500m/s) - I wouldn't be surprised if that went undetected 99% of the time. At most it would read as a minor brightness fluctuation, right?
- lutorm 7y agoNot only that, but it first has to actually pass in front of the star. This gets increasingly likely as you look at fainter and fainter stars, but the sky is still mostly empty and is not as common as you might think. (Olber's paradox and all that.)