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are Are exo-meteorsmeteoroids possible?

Is it possible that meteorsmeteoroids, comets, asteroids or meteoritesother small bodies from around a nearby star (such as alpha centauriAlpha Centauri) could get into the solar system?

How low is that possibility?

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Since the Oort Cloud is not being gravitationally attracted enough to the Sun to form a disk, I assume this is the same for alpha centauri'sAlpha Centauri's Oort cloud. Therefore, my question is: can the Sun gravitationally pull a comet from alpha centauri'sAlpha Centauri's Oort cloud?

are exo-meteors possible?

Is it possible that meteors, comets, asteroids or meteorites from a nearby star (such as alpha centauri) get into the solar system?

How low is that possibility?

Edit:

Since the Oort Cloud is not being gravitationally attracted enough to the Sun to form a disk, I assume this is the same for alpha centauri's Oort cloud. Therefore, my question is: can the Sun gravitationally pull a comet from alpha centauri's Oort cloud?

Are exo-meteoroids possible?

Is it possible that meteoroids, comets, asteroids or other small bodies from around a nearby star (such as Alpha Centauri) could get into the solar system?

How low is that possibility?

Edit:

Since the Oort Cloud is not being gravitationally attracted enough to the Sun to form a disk, I assume this is the same for Alpha Centauri's Oort cloud. Therefore, my question is: can the Sun gravitationally pull a comet from Alpha Centauri's Oort cloud?

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Is it possible that meteors, comets, asteroids or meteorites from a nearby star (such as alpha centauri) get into the solar system?

How low is that possibility?

Edit:

Since the Oort Cloud is not being gravitationally attracted enough to the Sun to form a disk, I assume this is the same for alpha centauri's Oort cloud. Therefore, my question is: can the Sun gravitationally pull a comet from alpha centauri's Oort cloud?

Is it possible that meteors, comets, asteroids or meteorites from a nearby star (such as alpha centauri) get into the solar system?

How low is that possibility?

Is it possible that meteors, comets, asteroids or meteorites from a nearby star (such as alpha centauri) get into the solar system?

How low is that possibility?

Edit:

Since the Oort Cloud is not being gravitationally attracted enough to the Sun to form a disk, I assume this is the same for alpha centauri's Oort cloud. Therefore, my question is: can the Sun gravitationally pull a comet from alpha centauri's Oort cloud?

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are exo-meteors possible?

Is it possible that meteors, comets, asteroids or meteorites from a nearby star (such as alpha centauri) get into the solar system?

How low is that possibility?