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Re:The first known object to enter our solar system from dee... by pqh on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @07:45AM (#15747502)
Would it still be travelling too fast to be captured if it hit the sun directly?
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Re:The first known object to enter our solar system from dee... by macintux on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @08:39AM (#15747748)
Is something technically captured by a gravity well if it just happens to hit the object at the center? I assume not.
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Re:The first known object to enter our solar system from dee... by isoprophlex on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @10:56AM (#15748709)
At the very least, I'd say that... after collision, assuming complete coalescence into the object, they will share identical orbital parameters
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Re:The first known object to enter our solar system from dee... by JshWright on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @08:24AM (#15747685)
It would cease to exist in that case...
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Re:The first known object to enter our solar system from dee... by eru on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @10:49AM (#15748657)
No, but that's exceedingly unlikely. Even the sun is a very tiny target.
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