Just as a matter of interest if someone has time to fiddle with it, what
parameters would such a hypothetical body have to have to kill people
within
a radius of 300 km (so along the whole western coast of England and
Wales)
but leave those beyond still alive?
And not be recorded historically except in the most obscure and oblique
fashion? And not leave any apparent geological or botanical effects? I'd say
the parameters you are looking for would be supernatural.
Chris
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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Barford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 10:59 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Re:Comet hit Britain in mid sixth century, AD?
Thanks Marco,
In general, I think the theory is very dubious. The guy was trying to
explain how small numbers of Anglo-Saxon migrants replaced a much larger
indigenous Celtic/British population both genetically and linguistically.
But if the Britons were dying off in the 530s because of poor crop yields
and cold nights or whatever caused by cometary dust in the atmosphere,
then
the Anglo-Saxons would too.
Unless of course somebody postulates an actual impact which wiped out a
large part of the (British) population on the west side of the island, but
was survived by larger numbers on the east which is where the
Anglo-Saxons
were. But then that's not a good model either, because Ireland is where
it
would have hit... and there is no evidence of such an event from there.
Just as a matter of interest if someone has time to fiddle with it, what
parameters would such a hypothetical body have to have to kill people
within
a radius of 300 km (so along the whole western coast of England and
Wales)
but leave those beyond still alive? [I could not get the Arizona Earth
Impact Effects Program http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/impacteffects/ to give
the
result I wanted - just curious].
Paul Barford
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