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RefNoTG/1/14/224
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Thomas Gold to Dr Ludwing Biermann, Max-Planck Inst. fur Physik & Astrophysik, 8000 Munich 23, Fohrimger Ring 6, West Germany
Date19 August 1977
DescriptionStates that they are doing some work on the suggestion Gold heard from Biermann, that the Oort cloud has resuted from a sudden mass-loss of the sun. As Gold mentioned in his last letter, he thinks that this is an extremely useful suggestion. Asks Biermann to give him a refeence for this that Gold could quote, or if Gold should describe it as a private communication.
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FormatTypescript copy
AccessStatusOpen
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