Interstellar Asteroids as Information Carriers

Interstellar objects like \`Oumuamua suggest that high-velocity bodies can traverse multiple solar systems. This raises the question: Could there exist asteroid clouds or bodies that maintain coherent orbits around multiple stellar systems, or between a black hole and our Sun, enabling cross-system exchange? 2. Multi-body Gravitational Influence Consider an asteroid with trajectory \$A(t)\$ under the influence of two stars \$S\_1\$ and \$S\_2\$, not gravitationally bound to each other: \begin{align\*} \vec{F}\_A = -G M\_1 \frac{\vec{r}*A - \vec{r}*{S\_1}}{|\vec{r}*A - \vec{r}*{S\_1}|^3} - G M\_2 \frac{\vec{r}*A - \vec{r}*{S\_2}}{|\vec{r}*A - \vec{r}*{S\_2}|^3} \end{align\*} Where \$M\_1\$, \$M\_2\$ are the masses of \$S\_1\$, \$S\_2\$ respectively, and \$G\$ is the gravitational constant. A stable quasi-orbit or long-period bound path could exist if perturbative conditions allow. 3. Black Hole Mediation Add a compact object \$B\$ (e.g., an intermediate mass black hole) with strong gravitational lensing capabilities. The path becomes: \begin{align\*} \vec{F}*A = \vec{F}*{S\_1} + \vec{F}\_{S\_2} + \vec{F}\_B \end{align\*} Where the black hole acts as a gravitational slingshot, redirecting trajectories to maintain hyperbolic or elliptical connections. 4. Asteroid as Information Carrier Let \$\mathcal{A}\$ be an asteroid that traverses systems \${S\_i}\$ over time. Define a path network \$\mathcal{N}\$: \begin{align\*} \mathcal{N} = { \mathcal{A}*j : \text{orbits } S*{j1}, S\_{j2}, ..., S\_{jn} } \end{align\*} Each \$\mathcal{A}\_j\$ exchanges material or radiation with these systems: \begin{itemize} \item Collection of atmospheric, planetary, or biomolecular debris \item Release of adsorbed molecules or extremophiles \item Quantum decoherence interaction with local fields (speculative) \end{itemize} 5. Tardigrades as Information Preservers Tardigrades exhibit high resilience to vacuum, radiation, and extreme temperatures. Suppose they colonize porous interiors of \$\mathcal{A}\$: \begin{itemize} \item Survival through cryptobiosis in deep space \item Reactivation upon encountering a warm planetary body \item Preservation of DNA/RNA sequences for billions of years \end{itemize} They serve as potential genomic librarians, distributed by asteroid-cloud trajectories. 6. Galactic-Scale Information Topology Let each orbiting asteroid be a node in a hypergraph \$\mathcal{G}\$: \begin{align\*} \mathcal{G} = (\mathcal{V}, \mathcal{E}) \quad \text{where } \mathcal{V} = {\mathcal{A}*j},\ \mathcal{E} = {(S*{j1}, S\_{j2}, ..., S\_{jn})} \end{align\*} We define a coverage function: \begin{align\*} C: \mathcal{V} \rightarrow 2^{\mathcal{S}} \quad \text{mapping each asteroid to the systems it interacts with} \end{align\*} Over time, \$\mathcal{G}\$ could evolve to represent a distributed galactic-scale archive or communication layer via natural matter exchange. Though speculative, this framework provides a lens through which to reconsider interstellar matter transfer, biological distribution, and quantum information parallels in astrophysical structures. Future missions like interstellar probes and deep sky surveys may provide constraints or signatures supporting such multi-system asteroid networks.