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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
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- Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 03:29:42 EDT
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The quote references long period comets from the Oort Cloud. Most of the
comets in a year are from the kupier belt and inside the radius of the Oort
Cloud.
Eric Olson
<< 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 >>
<< >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
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