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By 2025, at least one object larger than Mars will be discovered within 4 lightyears of our Solar System.

Created by NathanMcKnight on 2011-11-12; known on 2025-01-01

  • NathanMcKnight estimated 60% on 2011-11-12
  • NathanMcKnight changed their prediction from “By 2025. at least one object larger than Mars will be discovered within 4 lightyears of our Solar System” on 2011-11-12
  • NathanMcKnight changed their prediction from “By 2025, at least one object larger than Mars will be discovered within 4 lightyears of our Solar System” on 2011-11-12
  • JoshuaZ said “Do you mean objects that are not already known, so not counting planets already discovered? So rogue planets and brown dwarfs essentially? on 2011-11-13
  • NathanMcKnight said “Yes, only counting newly-discovered objects. Rogue or “loosely bound” planets, brown dwarfs, or KBOs.on 2011-11-13
  • JoshuaZ estimated 30% on 2011-11-13
  • themusicgod1 estimated 36% and said “it wouldn’t surprise me if there were really a chunk of ice/rock that big out there beyond the oort cloud somewhere, but finding it might be nontrivialon 2016-10-09
  • JoshuaZ estimated 29% on 2016-10-09