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Table 3

Closest stellar encounters of the Sun and corresponding fractions of stripped planetesimals (∗).

Spectral type mp mp/mc denc Fraction si
( AU)

M8-M5 0.15 180 0
M4-M0 0.25 200 2%
K8-K0 0.5 230 3%
G8-G0-F0 1.0 500 0
A8-A0 2.0 875 0
B8-B5 4. 1250 0

Notes. (∗) Duration = 100 Myr; mc = 1   M; n0 = 3000   pc-3; σ = 5 km s-1; φ(d < denc) = 6.

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