So it's out of the solar system - but is it in interstellar space?
Reading the Bad Astronomy blog entry got me thinking about the Oort Cloud - perhaps that is the real interstellar space (within the galactic plane) - beyond the Bow Shock and at a size of 1.5-3.0 LY with a spherical distribution, the cloud edge is closer to some of our nearest stars (notably Alpha Centauri, whose binary mass is 2 solar masses) than to the sun.
Perhaps the Oort Cloud is interestellar space - in which case, V1 hasn't gotten there yet.
Are you saying that our Oort Cloud potentially intersects with Oort Clouds of other stars? I didn't realize it was that big. Maybe interstellar space is ALL Oort Cloud, and we just haven't noticed because the masses are too small and cold to see (and obscured by closer stuff.) Maybe that's enough to make up the dark matter mass?
Reading the Bad Astronomy blog entry got me thinking about the Oort Cloud - perhaps that is the real interstellar space (within the galactic plane) - beyond the Bow Shock and at a size of 1.5-3.0 LY with a spherical distribution, the cloud edge is closer to some of our nearest stars (notably Alpha Centauri, whose binary mass is 2 solar masses) than to the sun.
Perhaps the Oort Cloud is interestellar space - in which case, V1 hasn't gotten there yet.