To: SunkenCiv
I really hate to be a nit-picker here, but that painting can’t be correct. If an object came down at an angle like the one depicted, the ejecta from the impact would be heavier on the side away from the direction of entry. It wouldn’t be the nice, symmetrical fountain shown there.
5 posted on
09/14/2009 1:32:59 PM PDT by
Little Pig
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To: Little Pig
Shoemaker studied that one, turns out it’s pretty close.
6 posted on
09/14/2009 2:17:00 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
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To: Little Pig
7 posted on
09/14/2009 2:18:54 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
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