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Also in 1.3 Million years this star will pass 1/6 Light year from earth:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gliese_710


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ljf10/01/2024

Quote: Gliese 710 has the potential to perturb the Oort cloud in the outer Solar System, exerting enough force to send showers of comets into the inner Solar System for millions of years, triggering visibility of about ten naked-eye comets per year, and possibly causing an impact event.

Wild stuff!

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