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Re: Millions of new Comets Coming - Part 1 of 2
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- Subject: Re: Millions of new Comets Coming - Part 1 of 2
- From: Tom Randall <trandall@idsi.net>
- Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1999 21:38:00 -0400
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At 08:04 PM 9/12/99 EDT, you wrote:
>In a message dated 99-09-12 08:00:28 EDT, you write:
>
>bernd<< The storm will be spread out over about
> 2 million years, so only about one new long-period comet a year will
> appear in Earth's traffic pattern. Still, when compared with the current
> rate of about two comets per year, GL 710 will trigger a 50 percent
> increase in local cometary traffic. (Richard Talcott)<<
>
>Only 2 per year? I thought the current rate of comets per year is more along
>the lines of about a dozen or so?
>GeoZay
At LEAST a dozen, usually more then that the past few years. I believe
we've been up in the high 20's to mid 30's the past few years.
Regards,
Tom Randall
Tom Randall -- tprandall@idsi.net (Remove the "P" to e-mail me)
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