” it could be flung into the Sun, ejected from the Solar System, or hurtled directly into our world. If this were to happen, and it’s a real possibility some 2400 years from now, it would mark the largest mass extinction our world has seen in hundreds of millions of years. “
He has no idea what will happen but labels it a ‘real possibility’!
You should have not held your nose.
I posted this because the Perseids meteor shower peaks tonight.
Apparently not simple to figure out where things will move to based on their known position and velocity, as there is an unknown extent of factors besides gravity acting upon the moving bodies within the solar system. Start with the “keyhole.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitational_keyhole