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The Skeptics Guide #924 - Mar 25 2023

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

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The Non-Gravitational Acceleration of Al-Mouamua

A recent analysis by two astronomers, Jennifer Bergner and Daryl Seligman, argue that there might be a really simple and elegant explanation for the acceleration of Al-Mouamua. They say maybe it was outgassing pure hydrogen. And that's why we didn't see it because it's a very light element and maybe it just escaped our detection. If it had a solar sail, that would push us a big lump,. A big jump though, you know, like maybe that's a big maybe.

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