Objects_between_sun_and_alpha_centauri.jpg


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English: Schematic view to scale of the space between the Sun and our nearest star system Alpha Centauri. The objects indicated include the Kuiper belt, notable comets and asteroids, inner torus-shaped Hills/Oort Cloud, outer spherical Oort cloud, and known past and future near passing stars. On the x-axis, objects are ordered from left to right by their distance from the Sun.
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Schematic view to scale of the space between the Sun and the nearest star system, Alpha Centauri.

11 January 2022

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