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April 14th, 2010, 11:22 AM
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A comet is an aggregation of dust particles and ice. For these small parts to combine they need to have been travelling in the same direction at the same speed. Earth is a ready source of all comet materials and there are mechanisms that can launch those things into the sky. All one needs to allow for is a larger event to have expelled material into space. Whatever the problems are with the idea that comets started life on Earth, it is a far more testable assumption than guessing what might have happened in unseen areas of space millions of years ago.
And those mechanisms are what??
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Back to GSweet's request for more information -
this paper seems to think the search for extrasolar comets is worthwhile. I don't see any way that material can travel between stars. However it seems searches for incoming material is going on.
You don't think stars can interact with each other gravitationally? Interesting.
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You don't think stars can interact with each other gravitationally? Interesting.
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Stripe: An answer to my question in Post #91, thanks
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You're welcome.
No real answer, huh? Color me surprised again.
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No real answer, huh? Color me surprised again.
No, I have an answer and you well know what that answer is. I'm wondering if anyone else is interested in the actual topic...
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No, I have an answer and you well know what that answer is. I'm wondering if anyone else is interested in the actual topic...
And the answer is? Indulge me.
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And the answer is? Indulge me.
Start a thread and I'll happily jump in.
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Start a thread and I'll happily jump in.
No, you mentioned the mechanism in this thread dealing with comets. Just provide me with the mechanism.
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Do you ever get the impression that Strpe's 10-YO son has found his TOL login?
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Stripe, you're being unusually content-lite, even by your standards. Get it together, man.
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April 19th, 2010, 11:44 AM
Stripe: The mechanism is...?
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