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Re: Nemesis - No point to miss
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- Subject: Re: Nemesis - No point to miss
- From: Ron Baalke <BAALKE@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov>
- Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 22:07:17 GMT
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>since the impactors
>orbits are random, impacts will occur at varying times
>afterwards. There are other planets and moons for
>the dislodged objects to collide with besides the
>Earth, so only a rough periodicity should be observed,
>which is pretty much what happened.
Also, note that the potential impactors are just as likely
to be ejected out of the solar system by Jupiter instead of
impacting a planet. The size of the object is a factor, too.
If it is too small, it may not cause a global extinction event if it
impacts the Earth.
Ron Baalke
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