Re: [meteorite-list] Geometry and velocity trump gravity

2016-06-27 Thread MexicoDoug via Meteorite-list
b Matson via Meteorite-list To: 'meteorite-list' Sent: Mon, Jun 27, 2016 12:01 am Subject: [meteorite-list] Geometry and velocity trump gravity Hi E.P., Doug's reply pretty much covers it, but I wanted to give you an example so that you can see how your intuition is failing yo

[meteorite-list] Geometry and velocity trump gravity

2016-06-26 Thread Rob Matson via Meteorite-list
Hi E.P., Doug's reply pretty much covers it, but I wanted to give you an example so that you can see how your intuition is failing you on this problem. Let's take the case of a slower-than-average asteroid closing velocity encounter of 20 km/sec. And let's say that in the absence of any gravitatio