: [meteorite-list] Mammoth Stew, just right
Hi, EP, List,
EP wrote:
...the gravitational effects of the Earth+Moon system
should draw items in, gradually changing their orbits
from those passing near to ones which intersect.
The problem with the near miss, the close
approach, the graze
On Tue, 18 Dec 2007 18:29:13 -0600, you wrote:
If a comet makes a close pass to Earth once, will it eventually make closer
and closer passes until we collide? Why?
But if enough of them gang up against us, they can toss us out in the cold!
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Hi Sterling, Larry, all
Hi Sterling, Larry, all -
I'm feeling a bit thick headed today, so I'm going to
argue for a lower Earth impact rate again.
It seems to me that another problem with all of these
crater models is their assumption that an impactor is
either going to hit or miss. It seems to me that in
the real
and closer passes until we collide? Why?
Best wishes and Life
Doug
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Hi Sterling, Larry, all
Hi all:
I am not an expert in this subject, so maybe I should not say anything
(but I will anyway).
When something just misses the Earth, its orbit will get changed. I
would assume similar to Apophis, in 2029, that there is a very small
chance that a close approach would lead to an even closer
.
Sterling K. Webb
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