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Re:A Harvard Astronomer on the Interstellar Object ‘Oumuamua by LinuxBender on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @03:35PM (#18924863)
That is unfortunate. That makes me curious about Voyager 1/2. We put drawings and objects on it for other civilizations to study. I wonder if they will have a similar dilemma; in that, it is moving too fast.
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Re:A Harvard Astronomer on the Interstellar Object ‘Oumuamua by isostatic on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @10:50PM (#18928206)
If you can detect voyager, you’d be advanced enough to be able to catch it, as you’d be almost on top of it.

We can barely see Ultima Thule as a pixel, which is closer, and the size of a city. Voyager is the size of a pinto.

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