J Storrs Hall, PhD wrote:
On Tuesday 22 April 2008 01:22:14 pm, Richard Loosemore wrote:
The solar system, for example, is not complex: the planets move in
wonderfully predictable orbits.
http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn13757-solar-system-could-go-haywire-before-the-sun-dies.html?feedId=online-news_rss20
"How will life on Earth end? The answer, of course, is unknown, but two new
studies suggest a collision with Mercury or Mars could doom life long before
the Sun swells into a red giant and bakes the planet to a crisp in about 5
billion years.
"The studies suggest that the solar system's planets will continue to orbit
the Sun stably for at least 40 million years. But after that, they show there
is a small but not insignificant chance that things could go terribly awry."
I am confused about the intended message.
If you take the above quote from me in its original context, your
illustration perfectly supports what I said, but with that one paragraph
taken out of context it looks as if you are trying to contradict it.
Richard Loosemore
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