Rethinking Jupiter

Astrobio.net ^ | Monday, November 12, 2007 | Lee Pullen

[roaddog727]

Foot-fall - Another one of my favorite’s rom Niven and Steve Barnes.

[SunkenCiv]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy_(magazine)

“Along with an essay by Gold, Galaxy’s premiere issue introduced a book review column by celebrated anthologist Groff Conklin (which ran until 1955) and a Willy Ley science column that continued until his death in 1969.”

[Bernard Marx]

Ley was a fascinating man and was very influential in my early "education." I absolutely adored his Galaxy articles on cryptozoology and his space flight articles were inspirational. Willy Ley

[burzum]

While Jupiter’s gravity could very well deflect or otherwise modify the trajectory of these Near Earth Objects, thus preventing their impact on Earth, could it not also deflect an otherwise benign object directly into our path?

It is difficult for Jupiter to do that. It is hard for Jupiter to scatter an object into an orbit that crosses ours without also kicking it out of the Solar System.