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Evidence for ET?
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RE: Evidence for ET?
(November 22, 2018 at 7:50 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: Let us not forget that a light sail large enough to push/pull that thing would occlude a hell of a lot more stars than the rock itself does.

They aren't proposing a light sail pushing an asteroid. That just makes no sense. They are proposing a light sail in place of the asteroid, in which case it's a fair bit smaller and very low mass.

One of the more interesting anomalies about Oumuamua is that it had a very low velocity relative to the Local Standard of Rest prior to entering our solar system. That might suggest that it wasn't pulled free of another star but formed in interstellar space. I don't know how that might happen but it could very well give rise to something that is neither the asteroids nor comets that we are familiar with. That might account for some of Oumuamua's unusual characteristics.
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Evidence for ET? - by Jehanne - November 20, 2018 at 10:37 pm
RE: Evidence for ET? - by Minimalist - November 20, 2018 at 10:39 pm
RE: Evidence for ET? - by Jehanne - November 20, 2018 at 10:42 pm
RE: Evidence for ET? - by AFTT47 - November 20, 2018 at 10:48 pm
RE: Evidence for ET? - by Jehanne - November 21, 2018 at 7:09 am
RE: Evidence for ET? - by no one - November 21, 2018 at 1:59 am
RE: Evidence for ET? - by Grandizer - November 21, 2018 at 2:05 am
RE: Evidence for ET? - by Jehanne - November 21, 2018 at 7:11 am
RE: Evidence for ET? - by Anomalocaris - November 21, 2018 at 2:09 am
RE: Evidence for ET? - by Fake Messiah - November 21, 2018 at 2:35 am
RE: Evidence for ET? - by Anomalocaris - November 21, 2018 at 2:51 am
RE: Evidence for ET? - by Fake Messiah - November 21, 2018 at 7:04 am
RE: Evidence for ET? - by ignoramus - November 21, 2018 at 4:16 am
RE: Evidence for ET? - by Little lunch - November 21, 2018 at 7:10 am
RE: Evidence for ET? - by popeyespappy - November 21, 2018 at 11:02 am
RE: Evidence for ET? - by unfogged - November 21, 2018 at 11:23 am
RE: Evidence for ET? - by Jehanne - November 21, 2018 at 5:27 pm
RE: Evidence for ET? - by Paleophyte - November 21, 2018 at 6:40 pm
RE: Evidence for ET? - by Gawdzilla Sama - November 21, 2018 at 6:42 pm
RE: Evidence for ET? - by Jehanne - November 21, 2018 at 9:16 pm
RE: Evidence for ET? - by Anomalocaris - November 21, 2018 at 9:35 pm
RE: Evidence for ET? - by Jehanne - November 21, 2018 at 10:29 pm
RE: Evidence for ET? - by Paleophyte - November 22, 2018 at 12:12 am
RE: Evidence for ET? - by popeyespappy - November 21, 2018 at 10:22 pm
RE: Evidence for ET? - by Anomalocaris - November 21, 2018 at 1:00 pm
RE: Evidence for ET? - by Gawdzilla Sama - November 21, 2018 at 7:56 am
RE: Evidence for ET? - by Gawdzilla Sama - November 21, 2018 at 4:34 pm
RE: Evidence for ET? - by Brian37 - November 21, 2018 at 9:20 am
RE: Evidence for ET? - by onlinebiker - November 21, 2018 at 4:20 pm
RE: Evidence for ET? - by Gawdzilla Sama - November 21, 2018 at 4:33 pm
RE: Evidence for ET? - by no one - November 21, 2018 at 4:33 pm
RE: Evidence for ET? - by onlinebiker - November 21, 2018 at 4:56 pm
RE: Evidence for ET? - by Gawdzilla Sama - November 21, 2018 at 5:09 pm
RE: Evidence for ET? - by Anomalocaris - November 21, 2018 at 10:54 pm
RE: Evidence for ET? - by onlinebiker - November 21, 2018 at 11:21 pm
RE: Evidence for ET? - by Anomalocaris - November 22, 2018 at 12:48 am
RE: Evidence for ET? - by Paleophyte - November 22, 2018 at 6:14 pm
RE: Evidence for ET? - by ignoramus - November 22, 2018 at 5:26 am
RE: Evidence for ET? - by Jehanne - November 22, 2018 at 8:04 am
RE: Evidence for ET? - by Angrboda - November 22, 2018 at 11:47 am
RE: Evidence for ET? - by Gawdzilla Sama - November 22, 2018 at 12:11 pm
RE: Evidence for ET? - by Anomalocaris - November 22, 2018 at 9:10 am
RE: Evidence for ET? - by Jehanne - November 22, 2018 at 2:25 pm
RE: Evidence for ET? - by Anomalocaris - November 22, 2018 at 2:46 pm
RE: Evidence for ET? - by Gawdzilla Sama - November 22, 2018 at 3:13 pm
RE: Evidence for ET? - by The Valkyrie - November 22, 2018 at 1:13 pm
RE: Evidence for ET? - by Gawdzilla Sama - November 22, 2018 at 7:50 pm
RE: Evidence for ET? - by Paleophyte - November 23, 2018 at 12:16 am
RE: Evidence for ET? - by Anomalocaris - November 23, 2018 at 3:15 am
RE: Evidence for ET? - by Paleophyte - November 23, 2018 at 5:46 pm
RE: Evidence for ET? - by Anomalocaris - November 23, 2018 at 5:56 pm
RE: Evidence for ET? - by Paleophyte - November 23, 2018 at 7:33 pm
RE: Evidence for ET? - by Anomalocaris - November 23, 2018 at 9:41 pm
RE: Evidence for ET? - by Paleophyte - November 24, 2018 at 12:15 am
RE: Evidence for ET? - by ignoramus - November 22, 2018 at 8:17 pm
RE: Evidence for ET? - by Anomalocaris - November 22, 2018 at 8:23 pm
RE: Evidence for ET? - by ignoramus - November 22, 2018 at 9:02 pm
RE: Evidence for ET? - by Fireball - November 22, 2018 at 10:11 pm
RE: Evidence for ET? - by ignoramus - November 22, 2018 at 10:26 pm
RE: Evidence for ET? - by ignoramus - November 23, 2018 at 12:54 am
RE: Evidence for ET? - by Jehanne - November 23, 2018 at 7:43 am
RE: Evidence for ET? - by Gawdzilla Sama - November 23, 2018 at 8:31 am
RE: Evidence for ET? - by Anomalocaris - November 23, 2018 at 2:04 pm
RE: Evidence for ET? - by Gawdzilla Sama - November 23, 2018 at 3:31 pm
RE: Evidence for ET? - by Anomalocaris - November 23, 2018 at 4:16 pm
RE: Evidence for ET? - by Gawdzilla Sama - November 23, 2018 at 7:08 pm
RE: Evidence for ET? - by Gawdzilla Sama - November 23, 2018 at 7:50 pm
RE: Evidence for ET? - by Anomalocaris - November 24, 2018 at 11:29 am
RE: Evidence for ET? - by Gawdzilla Sama - November 24, 2018 at 12:08 pm
RE: Evidence for ET? - by Jehanne - November 24, 2018 at 12:21 pm
RE: Evidence for ET? - by Gawdzilla Sama - November 24, 2018 at 1:49 pm
RE: Evidence for ET? - by Anomalocaris - November 24, 2018 at 2:01 pm
RE: Evidence for ET? - by Gawdzilla Sama - November 24, 2018 at 2:27 pm
RE: Evidence for ET? - by Anomalocaris - November 24, 2018 at 2:58 pm
RE: Evidence for ET? - by Anomalocaris - November 24, 2018 at 12:23 pm
RE: Evidence for ET? - by Jehanne - November 25, 2018 at 9:38 am
RE: Evidence for ET? - by ignoramus - November 24, 2018 at 2:59 am
RE: Evidence for ET? - by purplepurpose - November 24, 2018 at 4:39 am
RE: Evidence for ET? - by Gawdzilla Sama - November 24, 2018 at 3:02 pm
RE: Evidence for ET? - by Anomalocaris - November 24, 2018 at 4:29 pm
RE: Evidence for ET? - by Gawdzilla Sama - November 24, 2018 at 4:37 pm
RE: Evidence for ET? - by Anomalocaris - November 24, 2018 at 4:42 pm
RE: Evidence for ET? - by Gawdzilla Sama - November 24, 2018 at 4:46 pm
RE: Evidence for ET? - by Anomalocaris - November 24, 2018 at 4:53 pm

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