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To: Heavyrunner
The objects were too low-mass to have any significant impact on the Oort Cloud,

Wouldn't that depend entirely on how close they got to any individual Oort cloud objects?

Would a 10 km near miss of a 1/8 solar mass, red-hot object affect a cryogenic ice ball's path?

37 posted on 03/21/2018 7:12:34 AM PDT by null and void (The difference between the democrats and the GOPe is the GOPe has a smaller fire under the frog pot.)
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To: null and void

Yes, on an object, but not on the cloud overall. Cometary bodies at that distance are thought to be very sparse.

The answer is somewhat self-evident, however, because the solar system did not experience a massive influx of cometary bodies in the last 70k years. :)


52 posted on 03/21/2018 4:50:58 PM PDT by Heavyrunner (Socialize this.)
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