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To: Flick Lives
Thanks for posting.

I had no idea the Oort Cloud extended that close to Proxima Centauri.

Almost one third of the Oort Cloud is closer to Proxima than it is to our sun.

You would think that Proxima and its two companion stars would have won the gravitational tug of war for a big chunk of the O-Cloud!

24 posted on 05/22/2020 7:33:29 AM PDT by zeestephen
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To: zeestephen

So, does anything orbit Proxima Centauri? Does its “sphere of influence” interfere with our sun’s?


40 posted on 05/22/2020 12:39:24 PM PDT by Buttons12
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