Where is Sol's family?

[SandyTipper]

Many if not all stars form with others in a stellar nursery, often from the
shock of a nearby supernova, if my readiing is correct.
So, why are we so reltively alone? Where did our suiblings go? And where is
the remnant of our long-lost mother?
I expect 4.5 billion years of stellar drift and galactic orbital mechanics
have scrambled things pretty badly, but is there no trace of the Sun's
relatives to be found?.

[cra...@gmail.com]

On Nov 6, 7:18 pm, "SandyTipper" <sa...@atuc.net.removethistld> wrote:
> I expect 4.5 billion years of stellar drift and galactic orbital mechanic
s
> have scrambled things pretty badly, but is there no trace of the Sun's
> relatives to be found?.

Not yet, for exactly the reasons you gave: most "open" star clusters
break up in tens of millions of years. 4.5 billion years later, you'd
have to do a lot of hunting to find Sol's siblings.

See the intro paragraphs here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_cluster

Mike Miller

[Greg D. Moore (Strider)]

I also recommend this month's copy of Scientific American for an article on
exactly this topic.

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