• IndiBrony@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    If I recall, the earth is 4.5 billion years old?

    So if that planet was traveling at about 1/billionth the speed of light, it could be nearly 47 light years away now.

    I think that’s roughly 1000km/h which sounds perfectly achievable considering we orbit the sun at 67,000km/h.

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      3 days ago

      4.5 billion divided by 1 billion is 4.5. You’re off by an order of magnitude.

      Also, there is a lot of stuff we can see within 47 light years. Stumbling across a planet that was ejected from our solar system is highly improbable, but even less so is that planet being captured by another star and having a stable orbit. Not impossible, mind you, but the lottery is a safer bet.