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How and when will Sirius migrating towards the Sun trigger the movement of Kuiper belt objects into the solar system?
Probably never.
It will make its closest approach in about 64,000 years at a distance of about 7.86 light years. That's not a huge difference from its current distance of about 8.7 light years.
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