[meteorite-list] Deep Impact, Impact

From: Dawn & Gerald Flaherty <grf2_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun Jul 3 23:07:48 2005
Message-ID: <00d701c58044$2fa32680$6502a8c0_at_GerryLaptop>

Time will tell. A safe bet. Jerry Flaherty
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Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Deep Impact, Impact


> Sterling Said:
> "It's like the world's tiniest gnat smacking into the windshield of the
world's biggest 18-wheeler, only even less so!"
>
> List,
>
> While I agree Deep Impact should not alter the Tempel 1 orbit, but I have
to disagree with the gnat/18 wheeler example as most gnats don't create
craters the size of football stadiums in the windshields of the trucks they
hit.
>
> Now if the gnat would hit the truck taveling at 23,000 miles per hour,
then maybe it would be a better comparison. Then again, at 23,000 mph the
trucks "orbit" might indeed be altered.
>
> And if the truck is as fragile as Orgueil, then maybe that little gnat
would cause some problems.
>
> Steve Arnold
> #1
> Arkansas
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