Re: Dinosaur extinction anyone?

From: Technotranscendence (neptune@mars.superlink.net)
Date: Wed Jun 27 2001 - 13:25:21 MDT


On Wednesday, June 27, 2001 6:52 AM Mike Lorrey mlorrey@datamann.com wrote:
> Actually, not. You are forgetting repetition. How many times did the
> object fly by the earth and moon? We don't know. The evidence stated
> earlier indicates the possibility of a 4 million year period. If the
> object was a Near Earth Asteroid, that gives the possibility of an
> average of 4 million near misses to perturb the moon's orbit.

That's possible, but how do we test it?

Wouldn't the effects be more spread out?

Cheers!

Daniel Ust
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