RE: [meteorite-list] Stardust Flyby Images of Comet Wild 2

: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Stardust Flyby Images of Comet Wild 2 Hi all, I know I should research this myself but I hope I can get a relatively brief answer upon which I can look further into this question if deemed worthwhile. How does a small object like a comet, especially

Re: [meteorite-list] Stardust Flyby Images of Comet Wild 2

I know I should research this myself but I hope I can get a relatively brief answer upon which I can look further into this question if deemed worthwhile. How does a small object like a comet, especially, travel for billions of years constantly venting and releasing matter continue to

Re: [meteorite-list] Stardust Flyby Images of Comet Wild 2

Hi, A comet is presumed to have spent most of its billions of years out in the cold beyond the planets. Something -- a gravitational encounter -- disturbs its orbit and it falls into the inner system, probably by stages, with Jupiter as a big player in this game.

Re: [meteorite-list] Stardust Flyby Images of Comet Wild 2

Primer follow up: Theory is that a shell of comets surround the solar system in the Oort cloud past Neptune, and then ocassionally one is disturb into falling into the inner solar system. There was a hypothesis proposed that there was a dark companion star to the sun with an ecentric orbit of 26

Re: [meteorite-list] Stardust Flyby Images of Comet Wild 2

Primer follow up: Theory is that a shell of comets surround the solar system in the Oort cloud past Neptune, and then ocassionally one is disturb into falling into the inner solar system. There was a hypothesis proposed that there was a dark companion star to the sun with an ecentric orbit of 26

RE: [meteorite-list] Stardust Flyby Images of Comet Wild 2

Hi Ron, Great, most interesting animation! It seems that there was a very faint trace of a short, fan-shaped coma, seen from the comet's nucleous towards it's UPPER direction (as the picture is shown). Many thanks for sharing it with us. Jos Campos -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

Re: [meteorite-list] Stardust Flyby Images of Comet Wild 2

Hi Ron, Great, most interesting animation! It seems that there was a very faint trace of a short, fan-shaped coma, seen from the comet's nucleous towards it's UPPER direction (as the picture is shown). Bear in mind the spacecraft was well inside the coma when it took the images. The

RE: [meteorite-list] Stardust Flyby Images of Comet Wild 2

. But in all probability, you are quite right. Thanks. Jos Campos -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ron Baalke Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 1:29 AM To: Meteorite Mailing List Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Stardust Flyby