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One of the facinating things about this is that simulations show that it "may have been captured by Earth around 2016–2017" [1]. In 2017 we had a visitor from
by tyfon 7y ago
One of the facinating things about this is that simulations show that it "may have been captured by Earth around 2016–2017" [1].
In 2017 we had a visitor from outer space called ʻOumuamua :)
This new object is also about 2-3.5 meters according to wikipedia so I want someone to send a ship to capture this Van Neumann probe [2]!
(Yes I know it's not likely but it is cool to think about)
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_CD3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_CD3
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-replicating_spacecraft https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-replicating_spacecraft