> There is, of course, no object in the solar system > at the present time that could do that, but they > wanted all the drama they could get, I guess...
I am not so sure one could categorically say that NO object exists in the solar system that could do that. A large Kuiper belt object, if deflected , might still hit the Earth just like that. We don't have a good enough map of the Kuiper belt to rule this out. But I nitpick. Sterling, your explanation was great, and I agree it is MOST IMPROBABLE that any solar system object today could do this. Seeing the nonflammable part of Big Ben enveloped by rock vapor was very sobering... Francis Graham __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
