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I got pelted last time I was out that way.
I have to wonder if they took into consideration the possibility of KBOs being evenly distributed with inclinations ranging from the ecliptic all the way to being perpendicular to the solar system’s plane. If they assumed most or many of them would be found roughly around the ecliptic they might very well be wrong about the density but right about the absolute number present.
The fact that no occultations were seen sets a stringent upper limit on the number density of KBOs between 2 and 17 miles in diameter. The outer solar system hence appears not as crowded as some theories suggest, perhaps because small KBOs have already stuck together to form larger bodies or frequent collisions have ground down small KBOs into even smaller bits below the threshold of the survey.
Obviously, this is all due to global warming. Our greenhouse gas emissions are melting the KBOs in outer space. I blame Cheney.
There’s a New Mexico joke in there somewhere, but I guess I’m too tired to spot it.
It's Lonely Out There -- This image shows the sun embedded in the glow of the zodiacal dust cloud. Jupiter and Neptune are visible as orange and blue "stars" to the right of the sun. New research shows that small, icy bodies like Pluto are rare in the outer solar system, but larger telescopes in development may prove otherwise. -- Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute (JHUAPL/SwRI) |
Astronomers discover youthful icy objects in outer solar system
Thaindian | April 23rd, 2008 | ANI / New Scientist
Posted on 05/15/2008 10:11:38 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2016397/posts
Comets may be spawned when mum breaks up [circling the wagons cont’d]
New Scientist | Saturday, July 26, 2008 | David Shiga
Posted on 07/27/2008 9:57:14 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2052119/posts
Distant object found orbiting Sun backwards [ 2008 KV42 ]
New Scientist | Friday, September 5, 2008 | Jeff Hecht
Posted on 09/09/2008 1:43:56 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2077960/posts
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Haumea [ Mike Brown’s Planets ]
Mike Brown’s Planets | Wednesday, September 17, 2008 | Mike Brown
Posted on 09/20/2008 9:12:02 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2086576/posts
