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Posted by Allan Adler on August 18, 2007, 9:30 pm
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It's pretty amazing that one can detect pollution of a white dwarf by an
asteroid from 150 light years away. On the other hand, in order to protect
Earth from asteroids, we are already contemplating ways to affect the orbits
of asteroids and comets. That raises the possibility that we could choose
to send one or more asteroids directly into the Sun. Since the pollution
from such events is noticeable from so far away, what could be the effect
on the Sun of causing enough asteroids to fall into the Sun?
For that matter, there are probably already a lot of things that fall into
the Sun. Can we detect the pollution they might have caused on the Sun?
And how much junk does already fall into the Sun?
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Ignorantly,
* Disclaimer: I am a guest and *not* a member of the MIT CSAIL. My actions and
* comments do not reflect in any way on MIT. Also, I am nowhere near Boston.
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