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To: Bogie

Given those numbers, by my calculations, if we see the explosion tomorrow. We have 5782.5 years until any debris hits our solar system.


27 posted on 03/23/2017 6:55:35 AM PDT by GreenLanternCorps (Hi! I'm the Dread Pirate Roberts! (TM) Ask about franchise opportunities in your area.)
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To: GreenLanternCorps
Given those numbers, by my calculations, if we see the explosion tomorrow. We have 5782.5 years until any debris hits our solar system.

True for the debris, but we won't have to wait for the gamma rays.

29 posted on 03/23/2017 7:00:15 AM PDT by Interesting Times (WinterSoldier.com. SwiftVets.com. ToSetTheRecordStraight.com.)
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Something like that. It is estimated that today’s quasar Geminga was created about 300,000 years ago because it is at the center of “the bubble”, a cloud of interstellar dust particles. Our solar system is inside the bubble, which means that the debris wave from Geminga has already passed us.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geminga

Debris on Mars: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/multimedia/pia16204.html


32 posted on 03/23/2017 7:24:23 AM PDT by Bogie
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