Image: Objects between sun and alpha centauri
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Description: Schematic view to scale of the space between the Sun and our nearest star system Alpha Centauri. The objects indicated include the Kuiper belt, notable comets and asteroids, inner torus-shaped Hills/Oort Cloud, outer spherical Oort cloud, and known past and future near passing stars. On the x-axis, objects are ordered from left to right by their distance from the Sun.
Title: Objects between sun and alpha centauri
Credit: Own work
Author: Pablo Carlos Budassi
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