Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

To: cripplecreek
A little bit worse than having an asteroid hit us is to have one that settles into Earth orbit and regularly passes us at a very close distance.

2002 VE68 currently is co-orbital with Venus, but 7000 years ago it may well have been co-orbital with Earth. That coincides with all sorts of interesting events recorded/reflected in ancient literature, as well as tables of orbital observations made in ancient Sumer.

The references on the net suggest it is both an Earth-crosser and a Mercury-grazer (over the long haul) suggesting that it has a somewhat unstable orbit that brings it into close proximity to all the inner planets.

That boosts the chance of a collision right through the roof!

13 posted on 01/26/2012 4:41:13 PM PST by muawiyah
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies ]


To: muawiyah

I know we gain small temporary moons in unstable orbits pretty often.


14 posted on 01/26/2012 4:53:37 PM PST by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson