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To: eldoradude

I got a question: If the dust particles &/or pebbles that make up meteorites show up in the same part of the sky at the same time of year, year after year, then that must mean they are not orbiting the Sun like we are. So why don't they just fall toward the Sun, instead of staying in one place like they seem to do?


9 posted on 11/07/2005 12:20:54 AM PST by jennyp (WHAT I'M READING NOW: Art of Unix Programming by Raymond)
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To: jennyp
No, they're in orbit around the Sun. It's just that at certain times of the year, the Earth's orbit intersects with their orbit.

I ain't no expert, so corrections are welcome. Sounds good to me though.

10 posted on 11/07/2005 12:55:52 AM PST by BikerTrash (Enough already with the carnival freak show...bring back COOL!)
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