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Prehistory_Buff t1_ix9gsfd wrote

It really makes you wonder how many undetectable space rocks are milling about the universe, to scattered even for gaseous appearing formations like planetary rings. On a small scale, they're inconsequential and their effects imperceptible, but on a larger scale, they could be a force of nature. Kind of like large geological phenomena on earth formed by moisture and dust.

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xabrol t1_ix9k5a3 wrote

An unimaginable number of them, but space is so huge the probability of being hit hy one is near 0, but not 0.

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BubbhaJebus t1_ixaewbm wrote

Considering phenomena like shooting stars and gegenschein, there are a lot. Especially inside the Solar System (probably a lower concentration in interstellar space).

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