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A MYSTERIOUS cosmic object has been spotted zooming through our solar system – and astronomers say it is only the third of ...
How Big Is the Oort Cloud? The inner edge of the Oort Cloud is believed to be between 2,000 and 5,000 astronomical units (AU) from the sun—with one AU equal to around 93 million miles.
“It’s completely plausible for our solar system to have captured such an Oort cloud planet,” says Nathan Kaib, a co-author on the new work and an astronomer at the Planetary Science Institute.
Discovered 1852, Psyche is the 16th largest asteroid in the solar system, stretching roughly 200 kilometers on a side. Psyche is what’s known as an “M-type” asteroid.
Supernovae are one SLR source, which might mean our Solar System dodged a supernova, although there are other ways they can form. SLRs from the interstellar medium might already be floating around ...
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