Comment on A rogue object so strange, scientists aren’t sure what to call it.

BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Even with this mass this planet would have to pass one of the outer planets extremely close and quite slowly to have a chance of dragging a planet out of the solar system.

  This is the same sort of idea as when galaxies merge. There is little chance of our solar system being effected in that scenario. There is just too much space to space.

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  • MohamedMoney@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Aren’t we currently galaxy merging?

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    • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      2-5bn years with andromeda, not even close.

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      • MohamedMoney@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Thank you but I didn’t mean andromeda. I think heard something about merging with a dwarf galaxy or something

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    • Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Our galaxy is capturing smaller galaxies but there won’t be a merge of equal sizes for a couple billion years with andromeda.

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    • Nythos@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      With Andromeda, yes

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      • victorz@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Haven’t even begun colliding though. We can still see it way in the distance. It’s millions/billions of years away until colliding.

        Imagine the night sky far in galactic future when Andromeda is like directly overhead at night. What an amazing view. Shame earth wouldn’t be around to see it.

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• clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  That’s one of my very favorite books. It’s fantastic at setting the mood. The further books are ok but not as much to my taste.

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  • MonkeMischief@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I still need to read the book! My main familiarity with RAMA is the 199(5?) PC game that was mind bogglingly obtuse with math puzzles but the world was SO fascinating! I need to figure out how to play it again with my grown up brain…

    The soundtrack was INCREDIBLE…

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    • SlurpingPus@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Apparently ScummVM supports the game, though idk what’s with the file size in this particular upload.

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    • clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      There’s also an audio play which was neat.

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  • Evil_Shrubbery@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Oh, I absolutely loved all of them, but it’s def a different kind of sci-fi (less human-techy).

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• Evil_Shrubbery@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I love that whole series!!

  But yes, this simp is basically a failed star that was prob flung out of some nursery.

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• charonn0@startrek.website ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  You may enjoy Fritz Leiber’s short story, “A Pail of Air”, which involves the Earth being ejected.

  www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/51461

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