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To: Antonello
"if it goes through a 'keyhole' in space about 641m wide"

If it's 642m in dia, I'd geuss that it wouldn't fit and we'd have to acquit.

41 posted on 12/09/2005 9:24:48 AM PST by Paladin2 (If the political indictment's from Fitz, the jury always acquits.)
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To: Paladin2
If it's 642m in dia, I'd geuss that it wouldn't fit and we'd have to acquit

Well, first of all, the asteroid is about 390m wide, which is smaller than the keyhole. Second, I neglected to fully detail that it is the center mass of the asteroid, and not the asteroid in its entirety, that would have to pass through the keyhole in order for its trajectory to become, well, problematic.

56 posted on 12/09/2005 9:32:33 AM PST by Antonello
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