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The outer planets (used to be Most distant Solar System object detected)
- To: "Ron Baalke" <BAALKE@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov>, "meteorite-list" <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
- Subject: The outer planets (used to be Most distant Solar System object detected)
- From: "jjswaim" <MissionControl@email.msn.com>
- Date: Tue, 9 Nov 1999 19:10:02 -0500
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Hi Ron and List,
OK. Throw out the original BBC article.
My question from scratch is: Couldn't our outer gaseous planets be former
comets trapped in orbit around our sun during the early stages of the
formation of our solar system? They have the same gases and a small rocky
core. There are two immediate, obvious problems: They are very big and
where's the ice? As to size, perhaps there are some large travellers out
there circumnavigating the galaxy. As to ice, well, it does have a way of
converting:-)
Just pondering Jupiter et al as possible former comets :-) What's wrong
with this picture?
Best Wishes,
Julia
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