Timeline for How much could Earth's orbit shift without causing an ecological catastrophe?
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| Oct 31, 2017 at 11:19 | comment | added | userLTK | That's my thinking as well with an Earth mass planet passing through. For ideal orbital change without killer tidal effects you'd want a more massive object passing through, somewhere in the heavy Jupiter/small brown dwarf range. Passing 5-15 million miles away the tidal forces would be manageable but the orbit could change enough to be a problem. | |
| Oct 29, 2017 at 23:06 | history | answered | BillDOe | CC BY-SA 3.0 |