It’s sobering to think that humans may never leave this solar system until we go extinct. I want to be optimistic, but these distances are so vast that I cannot fathom how these worlds we can see though telescopes will be anything more than that.
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If they named this one "Far-Out," apparently they'll have to name the next one "Groovy."
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oh goody goody goody! lets all go there.
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Another interesting Point. Voyager I is 7 billion miles out. Voyager II is 8.6 billion miles out and are said to have exited the solar system (Sun's magnetosphere). Perhaps a new definition of how big the Solar system is, is in order.
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If VG18 is 300 miles in diameter, it is smaller than the asteroid Vesta, which has a mean diameter of 326 miles, and is not massive enough for gravity to force it into a spherical shape.
VG18 could be made more dense material, or it could be made of more flexible material, either of which could allow its gravity to force into a spherical shape in spite of its smaller size.
We'll just have to go there and see for ourselves.
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