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To: SunkenCiv

I don’t know how they are sure it came from a proto-planet beyond Jupiter. What happened to that body—did it become one of the moons of one of the outer planets?


12 posted on 10/31/2025 11:43:27 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Verginius Rufus

It got turned into space confetti by impact or some other event we probably can’t know — *orrrrr* this particular bit (and probably many others) got blown away into new orbits by a large impact, and the rest of the planet is still out there, undiscovered. I’d guess the second one.


13 posted on 10/31/2025 11:50:40 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (NeverTrumpin' -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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To: Verginius Rufus

It could have come from another solar system, like ATLAS.


19 posted on 10/31/2025 12:04:46 PM PDT by Doctor Congo
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