if it were in orbit around it, there would have been an additional vector to its motion. Tracking information verified a straight line trajectory from what I've read. Good thought though.
On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 9:19 AM, Edmund Storms <[email protected]>wrote: > I suggested an explanation that apparently was lost in the discussion. > Suppose each asteroid has a swarm of smaller rocks in orbit around it. > Suppose one of these rocks was in an orbit that caused it to approach the > earth from the opposite direction at the time of the meteor strike in > Russia. Overlooked in this discussion was at least one other large meteor > reported near Cuba, which could have been part of the same swarm. This is > important because any close encounter with an asteroid might result in the > earth being bombarded by large rocks coming from directions different from > the path of the asteroid as the asteroid gets close. This makes protection > that much more difficult. > > Ed > > > > On Feb 28, 2013, at 9:06 AM, Jed Rothwell wrote: > > I would point out: >> >> 1. The event did occur. >> >> 2. A causal connection between the two objects seems exceedingly >> unlikely, since they came from different directions at different times. No >> one has suggested how there could be a connection, as far as I know. >> >> 3. Therefore it is coincidence, no matter how unlikely that may seem. >> >> - Jed >> >> >
