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Re:A dwarf planet coming within 11 AU of the sun over the ne... by DiabloD3 on Monday June 21, 2021 @12:25AM (#27576313)
How are you going to deal with the imbalance in charge? It's likely that the to-be-moon has a very large charge differential between it and the Sun, but also likely between us and it.
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Re:A dwarf planet coming within 11 AU of the sun over the ne... by loa_in_ on Monday June 21, 2021 @06:52PM (#27585589)
That's true. In extreme cases it could really upset Earth's magnetosphere. And since we don't know we can't assume it's magnetically inert.
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