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To: Man50D

Just how big was the asteroid? Could a near-miss move Mars from its accustomed orbit—some?


16 posted on 01/11/2008 12:52:47 AM PST by Does so (...against all enemies, DOMESTIC and foreign...)
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To: Does so
Could a near-miss move Mars from its accustomed orbit

Yes, but it would take millenia for the effect to show up since it will be so small.

24 posted on 01/19/2008 10:15:48 AM PST by RightWhale (Dean Koonz is good, but my favorite authors are Dun and Bradstreet)
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