"THIS is Ceti Alpha V!"
Posted on 03/25/2002 2:42:10 PM PST by vannrox
Maybe Planet #5 was too busy talking on its cell phone and drove into oncoming planets.
That red space suit is sure stylin' but it looks like it broke.
Good to see you posting again, buddy.
Flapdoodle?
I don't recall hearing that term in my Astronomy 101 class.
I guess that is some of that high falutin PhD jargon, right Doc?
It was an appropriate response to an entire scientific discipline being made out to be frauds, cheats, and liars.
Sorry. The evidence does not support this assertion.
"THIS is Ceti Alpha V!"
Perhaps Jupiter's gravity ended up ripping it apart? That's been my theory about the asteroid belt, that it's the remains of a planet that couldn't handle the relationship with Jupiter. I don't know how that fits into this theory in the article.
A model of early solar system formation (and there is evidence supporting such) describes that metal, such as Nickel-iron, rock, and ice condensed out from the accretion disk created as our solar system formed. The metals condensed out first (this is why many of the asteroids are Nickel-iron) Followed by rocky material and ice. These tiny particles then collided creating small boulders and asteroids.
Once these small asteroids and boulders have enough mass, gravity becomes the driving force. Thusly the planets and moons are formed. However, since Jupiter is so large and the total mass of the asteroid belt is so tiny, the material forming the asteroid belt never was "allowed" to form a small planet or moon because of the gravitational perturbations from Jupiter. Remember the asteroid belt has less mass than 1 tenth of our moon.
Finally the solar wind from the newly formed star (our sun) would blow all of the remaining gas into interstellar space leaving us with the planets, moons, comets, asteroids, etc. circling our little star.
Note: This is a really simplified version. There is much (volumes of data) I did not include.
Thx. Did not know that the mass of the asteroid belt was so low. I guess my theory is gone with the wind.
You need to reread all my posts here on this thread. I believe I have answered all of your assertions.
You are most welcome. :-)
The author is quoting from literature, not making assertions. You may if you wish, direct your comment to Democritus, Anaxagoras and Aristotle, Appolonius of Rhodes and Plutarch would no doubt also be pleased to hear from you.
What is it about ancient literature, myths and legends you find so threatening?
In this case I don't find them threatening, just wrong.
Sorry. The evidence does not support this assertion.
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The author is quoting from literature, not making assertions. You may if you wish, direct your comment to Democritus, Anaxagoras and Aristotle, Appolonius of Rhodes and Plutarch would no doubt also be pleased to hear from you.
What is it about ancient literature, myths and legends you find so threatening?
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In this case I don't find them threatening, just wrong.
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You mean to tell me you believe the ancient sources were liars, mistaken or...the author misquoted?
Mistaken.
The tools we have these days to study the Earth, solar system, and universe were not even dreamed of back then must less utilized.
NASA is a major producer of little red X's
"The memory of a world without a moon lives in oral tradition among the Indians. The Indians of the Bogota highlands in the eastern Cordilleras of Colombia relate some of their tribal reminiscences to the time before there was a moon. “In the earliest times, when the moon was not yet in the heavens,” say the tribesmen of Chibchas..."
So, the Chibchas of the Bogota highlands must have had acces to the writings of Hippolytus, Lucian and Censorinus thus becoming persuaded to be equally 'mistaken'?
I don't know what to believe. 'The tools we have these days' or the evidence of the lying eyes of observant people such as quoted by ancient Greeks, Romans, Hebrews and 'Indians' of South America.
The greatest 'tool' we have is inside our cranium. I'm keeping an open mind. I do this in memory of Bruno and Immanuel Velikovsky.
Medved has long been banned from this forum. Look at the thread date.
proud?
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