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pqh
3132 days ago
Would it still be travelling too fast to be captured if it hit the sun directly?
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macintux
3132 days ago
Is something technically captured by a gravity well if it just happens to hit the object at the center? I assume not.
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isoprophlex
3132 days ago
At the very least, I'd say that... after collision, assuming complete coalescence into the object, they will share identical orbital parameters
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JshWright
3132 days ago
It would cease to exist in that case...
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eru
3132 days ago
No, but that's exceedingly unlikely. Even the sun is a very tiny target.
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