To: SunkenCiv
What even is scarier is that "supercomet" is about 250 miles across and the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs 65 million years ago was only 4 miles across.
14 posted on
08/26/2006 5:37:17 PM PDT by
garbageseeker
(Wars may be fought by weapons, but they are won by men.- General George Patton)
To: garbageseeker
Hey, at least comets are easy to spot. Asteroids are only easy to spot as they enter the atmosphere and produce a tongue of flame on impact. ;')
15 posted on
08/26/2006 5:41:38 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
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