Stellar flybies within 1 ly from the Sun and stars passing through the Hills cloud (2402.13015v1)
Abstract: We reexamine the SIMBAD database with incorporated Gaia DR3 parallaxes and proper motions. Appropriate query searches allow us to find several nearby stars with measured radial velocities having flybies within 1 ly from the Sun (in linear approximation). The closest past flyby $\approx 215.7$ kyr ago at $\approx 0.136$ pc is attributed to the star UCAC4 323-037188, currently located at 21.74 pc from the Sun. If the radial velocity of a star is unknown, we attribute to it an advantageous'' value of $\pm 50$ km/s. It allows us to create an additional list ofNemesis candidates'' for the perforation of the inner Oort cloud. The closest potential flyby at $\approx 0.015$ pc ($\approx$ 0.050 ly $\approx$ 3147 AU) from the Sun is attributed to GALEX J013712.5-012958 (Gaia DR3 2508809660245711360). It is currently located at the distance of about 111.1 pc and belongs to the Pisces-Eridanus stream. Also, close flybies of some massive bright stars (Algol, A-giant HD 107914, A-subgiant HD 2733 and B-subgiant HD 165704) are analyzed. Finally, we notice that B1-star BD+60 596, whose proper motions and radial velocity are both small, can be considered as the Sun's pseudo-stream companion.
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