Mercury as seen by Messenger on January 14, 2008, from about 17,000 miles away. Might this inner-solar-system body someday destroy all life on Earth? Perhaps
Personally, I blame Henri Poincaré. Typical French trouble maker. Off to bed. See you in the morning.
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets
That thar article has a wee bit of conjecture in it...
32 posted on
05/01/2008 8:22:51 PM PDT by
Fichori
(Truth is one of those non-negotiable facts of life that most people cannot stand.)
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
"Once Mercury crosses Venus's orbit," Laughlin says, "Mercury is in serious trouble." So is Earth.
Oh no! What about Uranus?
33 posted on
05/01/2008 8:26:00 PM PDT by
Grizzled Bear
("Does not play well with others.")
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
I blame Al Gore and his carbon footprint. It is affecting solar stabilization. He needs to lose a little weight and learn how to walk quietly.
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
36 posted on
05/01/2008 9:11:57 PM PDT by
VeniVidiVici
(Ted Kennedy - Codename -> "Bobber")
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
...there's only about a 1% chance that Mercury will go crazy before the Sun bloats into a red giant billions of years from now. IOW, about the same odds of everyone on the planet Earth winning the lotto simultaneously.
38 posted on
05/01/2008 10:18:20 PM PDT by
PeaceBeWithYou
(De Oppresso Liber! (50 million and counting in Afganistan and Iraq))
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
Oh great.
Mercury poisoning.
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
At that point, the simulations predict Mercury will suffer generally one of four fates: it crashes into the Sun, gets ejected from the solar system, it crashes into Venus, or — worst of all — crashes into Earth.
My prediction: Mercury into Venus, Venus into Earth, Earth in the side pocket.
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