Magnetic Field of White Dwarf Fooled Astronomers into Believing it was Approaching Our Solar System
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A white dwarf, WD 0810-353, was projected to pass through the Oort Cloud of our solar system in approximately 29,000 years, but a new study shows that it is not on a course that would bring it close to our solar system. The strong magnetic field of the white dwarf caused other scientists to believe it was heading towards our solar system, but a more precise measurement of its speed revealed it was just 83 km/sec.
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