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Re:The first known object to enter our solar system from dee... by soVeryTired on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @07:18AM (#15747366)
Surely they're more dense near the sun? Not sure you can assume a uniform spacing and not account for the gravitational attraction. But I'm sure you know more about this than I do.
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Re:The first known object to enter our solar system from dee... by jerf on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @11:32AM (#15749062)
If they're not being captured, they're just being perturbed by the sun a bit, not collected.
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