<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:14pt"><div><span>David <span id="misspell-0" class="mark">Lubkin</span> wrote:</span></div><div><span></span> </div><div><span>> It would be very cool if we found out that </span></div><div><span>> the rest of the galaxy was similar. That is, </span></div><div><span>> that there is little or no interstellar space. </span></div><div><span>> (I count a solar system as extending to its </span></div><div><span>> Oort cloud.)</span></div><div><span></span> </div><div><span>Since planets get ejected during the formation</span></div><div><span>of solar systems you can be sure there is</span></div><div><span>a great deal of mixing of lesser bodies between</span></div><div><span>solar systems as well. The density may drop</span></div><div><span>between stars but there will still be
large</span></div><div><span>numbers of small bodies even in the <span id="misspell-1">thinnest</span></span></div><div><span>density regions.</span></div><div><span></span> </div><div><span>Dennis May</span></div><div><br><br> </div></div></body></html>