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I'm curious about what, if any, gravitational effects this would've had on the earth? Seems like its a relatively small star and it was so far away that I'm gu
by Zelphyr 12y ago
I'm curious about what, if any, gravitational effects this would've had on the earth? Seems like its a relatively small star and it was so far away that I'm guessing any pull would've been negligible.
- jontas 12y agoIt is explained in the article: > The effect of a passing star on the Oort Cloud is a function of the star's mass, speed and proximity. The worst case scenario for stirring up comets would be a slow-moving, massive star that came close to the Sun. > Scholz's star came relatively close, but the binary system (the red dwarf and its brown dwarf companion) has a low mass and it was speeding by. These factors conspired to make its effect on the Oort Cloud very small.