
Originally Posted by
AndyK5
0.5 AU is pretty close actually, we may feel the drive by

Well, the Moon is 0.0027 AU away and it's bigger than most of the kuiper belt objects found thusfar. So far it's presence has proved fairly benign; even quite beneficial.
0.5 AU is still 46,500,000 miles away. At Mars' closest approach it's 34,100,000 miles away (which is about 0.3667 AU). I'm not panicking...