Further to the hypothesis that the impact rates in the solar system may be a function of the solar system's position in the galaxy, Shoemaker referred to this in one of his last presentations (page 297):
http://www.rasc.ca/journal/pdfs/1998-12.pdf His hypothesis is that "The study of the impact history of earth is in reality a way to study the history of the motion of the Earth in the Galaxy." Chuck O'Dale http://www.ottawa.rasc.ca/articles/odale_chuck/earth_craters/index.html ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
