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Astronomers Just Found Cosmic 'Superhighways' For Fast Travel Through The Solar System
Science Alert ^ | 11 DECEMBER 2020 | MICHELLE STARR

Posted on 12/11/2020 9:23:03 PM PST by BenLurkin

Invisible structures generated by gravitational interactions in the Solar System have created a "space superhighway" network, astronomers have discovered.

These channels enable the fast travel of objects through space, and could be harnessed for our own space exploration purposes, as well as the study of comets and asteroids.

By applying analyses to both observational and simulation data, a team of researchers led by Nataša Todorović of Belgrade Astronomical Observatory in Serbia observed that these superhighways consist of a series of connected arches inside these invisible structures, called space manifolds - and each planet generates its own manifolds, together creating what the researchers have called "a true celestial autobahn".

This network can transport objects from Jupiter to Neptune in a matter of decades, rather than the much longer timescales, on the order of hundreds of thousands to millions of years, normally found in the Solar System.

Finding hidden structures in space isn't always easy, but looking at the way things move around can provide helpful clues. In particular, comets and asteroids.

There are several groups of rocky bodies at different distances from the Sun. There's the Jupiter-family comets (JFCs), those with orbits of less than 20 years, that don't go farther than Jupiter's orbital paths.

Centaurs are icy chunks of rocks that hang out between Jupiter and Neptune. And the trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) are those in the far reaches of the Solar System, with orbits larger than that of Neptune.

To model the pathways connecting these zones, as TNOs transition through the Centaur category and end up as JFCs, timescales can range from 10,000 to a billion years. But a recent paper identified an orbital gateway connected to Jupiter that seems much quicker, governing the paths of JFCs and Centaurs.

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1 posted on 12/11/2020 9:23:03 PM PST by BenLurkin
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To: SunkenCiv

2 posted on 12/11/2020 9:24:37 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: MtnClimber

Ping


3 posted on 12/11/2020 9:25:27 PM PST by umgud
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4 posted on 12/11/2020 9:25:52 PM PST by DannyTN
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To: BenLurkin

Thanks for the info.


5 posted on 12/11/2020 9:26:36 PM PST by umgud
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6 posted on 12/11/2020 9:27:05 PM PST by DannyTN
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To: BenLurkin

Well great. Can they DOJ sometime about this election


7 posted on 12/11/2020 9:29:21 PM PST by stanne
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To: BenLurkin

Anything has to be faster than I-35.


8 posted on 12/11/2020 9:30:39 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: BenLurkin

Haha, nothing worth the effort. When you can travel at warp speed, beyond the speed of light, then it will be worth my time. You really miss sinking one?


9 posted on 12/11/2020 9:33:15 PM PST by Fungi
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To: BenLurkin

Again? I already used my √66 joke.


10 posted on 12/11/2020 9:33:35 PM PST by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: BenLurkin

Silly. Where are the gravitational forces once you get say one light year beyond our sun? Sorry UFO believers but there is no such thing as “superhighways” connecting the stars. Worm hole tunnels stretching across the universe are equal fantasy. People who claim that space/time can tilt or wrinkle to bring “people and civilizations nearer and together” are also delusional. In the post religion, neo pagan era, humans, perhaps the only species who’s brain has a capacity if not a need for mystical thinking, will concoct all sorts of soothing fairy tales. Either you beleieve Einstein’s theories of relativity or you believe in UFOs. You can believe in both. The biological or pysical entity can “visit” earth from multiple light years distant.


11 posted on 12/11/2020 9:40:48 PM PST by allendale
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To: BenLurkin

Oops again!

Meant that first “Oops” for your total solar eclipse thread!


13 posted on 12/11/2020 9:44:31 PM PST by ETL (REAL Russia collusion! DEMOCRAT-Russia collusion!! Click ETL...)
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To: BenLurkin

OK; scientists just discovered that certain pathways in our solar system speed up the travel of objects. Got it.

How does that affect the calculations of “near miss” asteroids? Probably not in a good way.


14 posted on 12/11/2020 10:12:36 PM PST by Darteaus94025 (Can't have a Liberal without a Lie)
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To: allendale

Agree. Humans will never travel to other worlds. Not beyond Mars. Never. Next sun to our own is 1 light year away. 4.5 trillion miles away. Traveling at 670,000,000 miles an hour it would take one year to get there. Never!


15 posted on 12/11/2020 10:15:10 PM PST by Main Street (Stuck in traffic.)
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To: BenLurkin

Hell I’ve been cruising those highways since the early 70s


16 posted on 12/11/2020 10:16:39 PM PST by wardaddy (I applaud Jim Robinson for his comments on the Southern Monuments decision ...thank you run the tra)
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To: allendale

WOW I’d point out the SO MANY WAYS you are wrong but it would take too long AND I know nothing would change your mind.

Just wow.

You need to read some books written after 1930 :)


17 posted on 12/11/2020 10:22:01 PM PST by dp0622 (Tried a coup, a fake tax story, tramp slander, Russia nonsense, impeachment and a virus. They lost.)
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To: DannyTN

I’m still waiting for the flying car.


18 posted on 12/11/2020 10:28:32 PM PST by HighSierra5
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To: BenLurkin

Cool, get me the heck out of here!


19 posted on 12/11/2020 10:29:07 PM PST by Moleman
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To: BenLurkin

That's nice, you've discovered our highways just in time to watch us put one right through you puny worthless little planet.

20 posted on 12/11/2020 10:45:23 PM PST by TigersEye (2020 - The year of massive frauds. Impeachment - masks - lockdowns - Biden - elections...)
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