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To: SunkenCiv

I wonder how many planets have been borrowed from other passing stars.


4 posted on 09/18/2026 10:01:57 AM PDT by Sirius Lee ("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.)
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To: Sirius Lee

Ever read When Worlds Collide, and After World’s Collide?

Very good Sci-fi even though written in the early 1930’s..........


6 posted on 09/18/2026 10:10:51 AM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: Sirius Lee

I would suggest Pluto as a “borrowed” body as it so far out of the plane of the ecliptic.

Uranus with it’s radically different, “rolling” axis might have been altered by a close encounter with a passing extrasolar body—perhaps from another system.

The Asteroid Belt speaks to something catastrophic happening in that orbital space. A collision from an extra solar body? Torn apart by forces within our own system while it developed?

Venus’ planetary rotation spins “clockwise” while earth (and the rest of the planets) spin “counter-clockwise.” Can’t recall why it does that. Might have to do with its extremely thick atmosphere.

The more we learn about our own solar system, the more amazed I am by it!


10 posted on 09/18/2026 10:34:38 AM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: Sirius Lee

We’ve got a keyword, “rogueplanets” (or maybe no ‘s’ on the end, or maybe both) about planets sans stars. I’d post it, but a five topic link post in #3 was deleted for no reason at all.


28 posted on 09/18/2026 10:41:51 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (TDS -- it's not just for DNC shills and jihadists anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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