Scientists from the University of Western Ontario in Canada have learned how much material can reach our solar system from the Alpha Centaurus system and already available here. Published in İş Magazine Journal of Planet Sciences (PSJ).
Alpha Centaurus, the nearest star, is a system of three stars: Alpha Centaur A, Alpha Centaur B and Proxima A Centaur – Dull Red Dwarf Star. This system is moving at a speed of approximately 79 thousand kilometers per hour, and after 28,000 years, 200 thousand astronomical units (1 astronomical units are equal to the distance from Earth to the Sun).
Scientists found that objects thrown from the Alfa Centaurus system could reach our solar system and some are already here. In the Oort cloud, the study showed that there may be more than 100 meters of particles than the Alfa Centaur system. However, most of them are difficult to detect due to large distances.
The authors of the study determined the possible ways of the ways of the particles coming from Alfa Centaurus to reach our solar system. However, probably small particles will not reach us, because they are influenced by magnetic fields and other factors that will destroy them. Only 10 particles from Alfa Centaurus can now be found as meteorites in the world atmosphere and this number could increase 10 times for the next 28 thousand years.
These data show that our solar system is far from isolated. If material objects can move freely between star systems, this opens new opportunities to examine the planetary process and even get information about the planets in the Alpha Centauri system.
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Source: Gazeta
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