[meteorite-list] Mystery Asteroid, Hermes, May Have a Partner

2003-10-21 Thread Ron Baalke
http://space.com/scienceastronomy/hermes_binary_031021.html Mystery Asteroid, Hermes, May Have a Partner By Robert Roy Britt space.com 21 October 2003 Astronomers have apparently discovered an interesting twist to one of the greatest asteroid mysteries of all time. Hermes, a space rock lost to

Re: [meteorite-list] Mystery Asteroid, Hermes, May Have a Partner

2003-10-21 Thread Howard Wu
For years, scientists have pondered the added difficulty of dealing with abinary asteroid that might one day take aim on Earth. No one has come upwith a proven plan for deflecting a lone space rock, however, let alone apair. Hey, didn't you guys see Bruce Willis in Armagedeon?? Howard WuWant

Re: [meteorite-list] Mystery Asteroid, Hermes, May Have a Partner

2003-10-21 Thread Marcia Swanson
Howard wrote: No one has come up with sure plan found for deflecting a binary asteroid, let alone two Dear Howard, and List, Sure they have. Unfortunately..the dinosaurs took that secret with them to the grave, before it could be proven. Guess it didn't work. But in the meantime, the