• 'Farout!' Newfound Object Is the Farthest Solar System Body Ever Sp

    From PhantomView@21:1/5 to Dr. Jai Maharaj on Mon Dec 17 21:17:12 2018
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    Dr. Jai Maharaj wrote:

    'Farout!' Newfound Object Is the Farthest Solar System Body
    Ever Spotted

    space.com
    Monday, December 17, 2018

    https://www.space.com/42755-farout-farthest-solar-system-object-discovery.html

    No doubt there is a great deal of material out at the edge of
    our sun's gravitational envelope. Let us hope it stays "out
    there" as we lack the technology to deflect moon/planet-
    sized objects that may plunge towards us. At present we
    would have great difficulty deflecting objects even a kilometer
    or two in diameter. If politics or economics lead to a new
    global "dark age" then it could be thousands of years before
    we would recover even the ability to deal with those smaller
    objects.

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