What Would Have Happened To That Interstellar Object If It Had Hit The Sun?

“What would have happened if A/2017 U1 had hit or grazed the sun? Would we have noticed?”

The snappily-named object A/2017 U1 may be more familiar to you as the interstellar visitor that zipped through our solar system at nearly 16 miles per second, discovered in mid-October. It has now been given a less alphanumeric name…

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