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The Wanderer

A Rogue Planet Enters Our Solar System

"What if a planet-sized object wandered into our solar system?"

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The Wanderer - Three-Stage Timeline Infographic
First 24 Hours
Detection
The Aftermath
Preparation
The New Reality
Passage
1
Detection

Dark Visitor

Astronomers detect a Neptune-sized rogue planet that will pass through the inner solar system in 20 years.

Key Points

  • 1Object size: 4x Earth mass
  • 2Will pass between Mars and Jupiter
  • 3Gravitational effects already calculated
  • 4Potential to eject Earth from habitable zone
  • 5Global scientific emergency declared

Statistics

4x Earth
Object mass
20years
Time to closest approach

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