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To: SunkenCiv

Of possible interest


2 posted on 06/28/2018 10:33:23 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

A very significant object indeed.

The reason the asteroid is elongated is the same reason interstellar travel is impossible with current and future kinetic technologies. Inter-stellar dust will severely ablate any object traveling between stars. The greater the speed the greater the erosion. At 70k mph this thing has probably been traveling for billions of years.


40 posted on 06/28/2018 12:54:53 PM PDT by Justa
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