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Huge Asteroids Brought Gold to Infant Earth, Study Says
National Geographic News ^
| December 9, 2010
| Brian Handwerk
Posted on 12/24/2010 11:45:17 AM PST by SunkenCiv
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subtitle: Pluto-size space rocks may have put precious metals in the mantle.
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posted on
12/24/2010 11:45:18 AM PST
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SunkenCiv
A moon-size object collides with a planet in an artist's conception. NASA/JPL-Caltech
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12/24/2010 11:45:45 AM PST
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SunkenCiv
(The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
To: 75thOVI; aimhigh; Alice in Wonderland; AndrewC; aragorn; aristotleman; Avoiding_Sulla; BBell; ...
Sure is strange how none of the actual evidence points to the unique solution that the Moon was born from impact on the proto-Earth, and how all the remaining evidence points toward a capture origin.
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12/24/2010 11:47:15 AM PST
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SunkenCiv
(The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
To: SunkenCiv
Thank goodness. I was getting worried what Soros would do when he bought up all the precious metals on Earth. Now he can make speculations on astroids.
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posted on
12/24/2010 11:49:02 AM PST
by
bgill
(K Parliament- how could a young man born in Kenya who is not even a native American become the POTUS)
To: SunkenCiv
and two other giant asteroids brought frankincense and myrrh.
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12/24/2010 11:50:45 AM PST
by
billorites
(freepo ergo sum)
To: billorites
Wonder if we can get one to come and take the Democrats away from Earth?
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posted on
12/24/2010 11:52:55 AM PST
by
screaminsunshine
(Americanism vs Communism)
To: SunkenCiv
so.... if the moon formed from ejecta of a collision then does that mean what hit the baby Earth was bigger than the moon or maybe the same size?
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12/24/2010 11:55:36 AM PST
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GeronL
(#7 top poster at CC, friend to all, nicest guy ever, +96/-14, ignored by 1 sockpuppet.. oh & BANNED)
To: billorites
To: billorites
the article actually started with something like that, I kinda edited it out. :’)
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posted on
12/24/2010 11:56:34 AM PST
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SunkenCiv
(The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
To: SunkenCiv
'Gold?'
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posted on
12/24/2010 11:57:57 AM PST
by
Free Vulcan
(The cult of Islam must be eradicated by any means necessary.)
To: billorites
I nominate you for post of the day. :p
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12/24/2010 12:01:31 PM PST
by
Politicalmom
(America-The Land of the Sheep, the Home of the Caved.)
To: billorites
So giant asteroids may bring us enough gold to pay off our government debt?
To: billorites
Hey billorites: Amen to that!
“The best explanation has been that some sort of space object brought the elements to the planet just after it formed its core........” Yes. His Name is Yahweh, or Jehovah, or God, or The Lord Jesus Christ.
Isa 45:3 And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the LORD, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel.
Joh 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Joh 1:2 The same was in the beginning with God.
Joh 1:3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
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posted on
12/24/2010 12:05:06 PM PST
by
Tucker39
To: GeronL; SunkenCiv
We picked up the moon from the planet that formed the asteroid belt when it was destroyed.
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12/24/2010 12:06:23 PM PST
by
bigheadfred
(Merry Christmas)
To: GeronL
so.... if the moon formed from ejecta of a collision then does that mean what hit the baby Earth was bigger than the moon or maybe the same size? Bigger than the moon. Mars-sized. Mars is roughly twice the size of the moon. It stands to reason, seeing as that a good bit of the "stuff" from the impactor would have been left behind on Earth, while the ejecta turned into the moon.
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12/24/2010 12:06:37 PM PST
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America_Right
(The best thing about the Obama Presidency: McCain isn't the President!)
To: bigheadfred
We picked up the moon from the planet that formed the asteroid belt when it was destroyed.The impact theory is more widely accepted now. It is actually being presented as fact in a lot of astronomy shows I watch.
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12/24/2010 12:09:59 PM PST
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America_Right
(The best thing about the Obama Presidency: McCain isn't the President!)
To: billorites
and two other giant asteroids brought frankincense and myrrh.
LOL !
Good one.
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12/24/2010 12:10:04 PM PST
by
pyx
(Rule#1.The LEFT lies.Rule#2.See Rule#1. IF THE LEFT CONTROLS THE LANGUAGE, IT CONTROLS THE ARGUMENT.)
To: billorites
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12/24/2010 12:19:03 PM PST
by
Free Vulcan
(The cult of Islam must be eradicated by any means necessary.)
To: America_Right
Dammit Jim, I’m a cabinetmaker, not a physicist...
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12/24/2010 12:26:26 PM PST
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bigheadfred
(Merry Christmas)
To: SunkenCiv
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12/24/2010 12:29:34 PM PST
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bigheadfred
(Merry Christmas)
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