Re: Two Exiled Stars Are Leaving Our Galaxy Forever (Forwarded)

On a sunny day (Fri, 27 Jan 2006 21:46:13 +0100) it happened "Luigi Caselli"
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>"Jan Panteltje" <pNaonStpealmtje@xxxxxxxxx> ha scritto nel messaggio
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>> On a sunny day (Fri, 27 Jan 2006 10:19:30 -0500) it happened Andrew Yee
>> <ayee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
>> <6SqCf.14843$ft2.276349@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>
>> >Major, is designated SDSS J091301.0+305120. It is traveling out of the
>> >galaxy at a speed of about 1.25 million miles per hour and currently is
>> >located at a distance of about 240,000 light-years from the earth. The
>> >second exile, in the direction of the constellation Cancer, is
>> >designated SDSS J091759.5+672238. It is moving outward at 1.43 million
>> >miles per hour and currently is located about 180,000 light-years from
>> >the earth.
>>
>> What would happen if a star like that hit for example our sun head on at
>> that speed?
>
>Space is almost empty so the probability of this event is about 1 on
>1^120...
>
>Luigi Caselli
Yea, but the question was: what happens in that one case.
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