Wow! when this is considered, imagine the mathematical precision that underlies and forms the basis of this experiment if it's successful. Not only time and space but incalculable "peturbations". Jerry Flaherty ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sterling K. Webb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Walter Branch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Meteorite List" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2005 4:56 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Deep Impact, Impact
> Walter Branch wrote: > > > Does anyone know if the Deep Impact event would result in an > > appreciable change in the orbit of Temple 1? I know "appreciable" is > > a relative term, and I am not talking about a massive change, but I > > was wondering if mission scientists and investigators are looking into > > this. -Walter Branch > > It's like the world's tiniest gnat smacking into the windshield of > the world's biggest 18-wheeler, only even less so! > UNLESS, it triggers a progressive breakup of a very loosely bound > cluster-object. Then all bets are off. > Tempel 1's recent jetting and those reaction forces are a much > greater effect and their tiny orbital changes are undetectable. However, > the frequent outburst of a comet over long periods has long been known > to alter its orbit by increments until it's very noticeable, major > change, like arriving at perihelion days late. > That's why comet orbits are not strictly predictable within a > certain range, making the future close approach of a cometary body (like > in 2086 AD) an incalculable danger. > > Sterling K. Webb > > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
