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Quote: Gliese 710 has the potential to perturb the Oort cloud in the outer Solar System, exerting enough force to send showers of comets into the inner Solar Sy
by ljf 2y ago
Quote: Gliese 710 has the potential to perturb the Oort cloud in the outer Solar System, exerting enough force to send showers of comets into the inner Solar System for millions of years, triggering visibility of about ten naked-eye comets per year, and possibly causing an impact event.
Wild stuff!
- phkahler 2y agoAnd if it passes through our Oort cloud, we might be passing through its Oort cloud!