Dear list I am a bit surprised by all this fuss in the media every few months about how lucky we are escaping once again the big hit. As a scientist I can say that the probability that an asteroid cruising nearer to earth than the Moon actually hit the earth is 1/10000*; the public will laugh about these threatening news long before the 10000th anoucement like the one we just have... As a hunter when my bullet hit the ground 100** meters away from the deer I do not shout "Yeah, I almost got it", I try to disappear into the hole, full of shame..
*: if you want a more precise figure: square of the ratio of earth radius to moon-earth distance. * equivalent size ratio with the deer being the Earth. Pierre ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
