[meteorite-list] Holmes 17P fragmentation?

From: E.P. Grondine <epgrondine_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 18:31:36 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <747315.31046.qm_at_web36910.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Hi all -

We've seen comets fragment into cometissimals while
passing through the plane of our solar system while
near the Sun.

Would there be any regular gravitational force which
might account for Holmes fragmenting, with resulting
collisions with its own debris? Or is there a field of
debris out there which it passed through?

Clear skies and good hunting,
E.P. Grondine
Man and Impact in the Americas



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Received on Mon 29 Oct 2007 09:31:36 PM PDT