The Closest Known Flyby of a Star to the Solar System
The Closest Known Flyby of a Star to the Solar System
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Ithaca: Cornell University Library, arXiv.org
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Ithaca: Cornell University Library, arXiv.org
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Passing stars can perturb the Oort Cloud, triggering comet showers and potentially extinction events on Earth. We combine velocity measurements for the recently discovered, nearby, low-mass binary system WISE J072003.20-084651.2 ("Scholz's star") to calculate its past trajectory. Integrating the Galactic orbits of this \(\sim\)0.15 M\(_{\odot}\) bi...
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The Closest Known Flyby of a Star to the Solar System
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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2081185239
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2081185239
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2331-8422
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10.48550/arxiv.1502.04655
