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Re: Asteroids feel the Force

Hi Ron,

You are so magnanimous.  I don't know how you managed to come back with such
a calm, informative response.  I was just testing you.  You passed:-)

Your posts are what kept me on the list in the beginning and still are a
major attraction.  Fabulous!!  You are a list treasure, as well.

Best Regards,
Julia

-----Original Message-----
From: Ron Baalke <BAALKE@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov>
To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
<meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wednesday, March 24, 1999 1:16 PM
Subject: Re: Asteroids feel the Force


|>Based on Mike and Ron's post regarding the Yarkovsky effect,  I hereby
|>declare that
|>it must apply to Asteroid 3753, even though it is no longer in the belt;
|>that it unevenly heated, was shifted into the inner belt, collided with
|>other(s) and was flung out to Mars who mistook it for an incoming tennis
|>ball and slammed it back at us.
|
|Yes, it applies to all small asteroids.  However, Jupiter's gravitational
effect
|on the asteroid belt applies as well, and is the bigger factor of the two.
|If you doing long term calculations of an
|asteroid's orbit, you going to have to incorporate the Yarkovksy effect.
|For short-term  calculations, the Yarkovksy effect is so small it can be
|ignored.
|
|Ron Baalke
|
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