[FPSPACE] Confusion on the Launch Pad

[E.P. Grondine]

Hi Jens - 

>Arguing as you are, Ed, that 298 Baptistina with
>a near-circular orbit is a "captured dead comet"
>comes across, frankly speaking, like a load of bull!

I have no idea how Baptistina got there, nor can 
I come up with an exact explanation for how it did. 
I've had a stroke, and far far better minds than 
mine work on the mechanics of comet capture. 

But since none of those people are likely to give you the 
time of day... 

Baptistina is what it is, a carbonaceous
chondrite. Asteroid formation is increasingly 
understood through the studies of meteorites, 
and nothing in meteoritics that I know of explains 
carbonaceous chondrites having an asteroidal origin. 

Thus, since you're looking at a dead comet, I suggest 
that you try to come up with Baptistina's capture
mechanism for yourself. 

Perhaps it will help you along if I point out to you
the difference in the eccentricities of comets Halley and 
SW 3 which you mentioned in your message. If you 
can figure out how that difference came about, 
then you'll be well on your your way to understanding 
Baptistina's capture mechanism.

You might want to start your studies by looking
at long period comets and short period comets, 
and the hypothesis concerning the capture 
mechanisms involved.

In any case, Jens, your rationalizations have 
nothing to do with the impact hazard. Once again 
ELEs are due to comets, and we know this
from ELE periodicity.

In closing, Jens, denial is not simply a river 
in Egypt. About the only questions I have is why 
you're wasting my time with this, and the reasons
for your intensity. A first hypothesis is that you're
a manned Mars enthusiast who thinks that the US 
has nothing better to do with its money than fly 
a few men to Mars for a few days. 

E.P. Grondine
Man and Impact in the Americas




 



Its a dead comet fragment none the less.

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