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Re:Have Aliens Found Us? (2019) by saagarjha on Friday January 03, 2020 @02:22PM (#21949349)
I thought outgassing and solar wind was only really relevant when applied for a long time over many periods of an orbit? Would it have a significant impact on a one-time hyperbolic trajectory like this one?
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Re:Have Aliens Found Us? (2019) by jlmorton on Friday January 03, 2020 @02:28PM (#21949413)
In fact, one of the things proposed in the article is that the object is a light sail being accelerated by the sun.
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