Posted on 04/09/2016 7:29:13 PM PDT by JimSEA
I agree. I got lost in calculus. There is no way I could understand how to calculate the elliptical orbit of anything.
I just think it’s fascinating that very small changes in the track of tiny space vehicles could be measured in a way that tells “something” is out there.
We will be old and gray by the time they figure this out. (Old and gray is not a huge leap for me.)
Thanks JimSEA.
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New to me (or maybe it fell out with some of the other marbles):
Hills cloud
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hills_cloud
Yeah but...what does Gil Broussard say?
Any news yet on real estate prices on Planet X yet?
What constitutes a planet?
I would have thought that anything with enough gravity to pull itself into a spherical shape AND have a regular orbit would qualify?
and I am iffy on the regular orbit too... would a long elliptical orbit qualify?
not just science, but SETTLED science
Yup, we need big $$$$ to fund a space craft to intercept this planet!
One thing which irritates the dickens out of me is when scientists discuss what to do with an asteroid heading towards Earth, they always immediately dismiss the idea of an atomic bomb, saying it would just make it worse.
It seems obvious to me that an atomic blast would blow it to millions of pieces. Some (most?) would take off in different directions eliminating those parts from the trajectory. Also the tiny bits remaining would have thousands of times the surface area as the original meteor. That would cause them to burn up in the atmosphere, leaving a tiny remnant that would get through.
Why do they dismiss such an obvious solution, making clearly wrong observations?
Probably more of a fear of nukes than anything else.
I think that is basically what it is.
The scientists are typically anti-nuke and they are not going to admit anything positive about them.
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