Hi all - I was just wondering if any of you have given any thought to this -
While we generally think of space as a vacuum, in fact it is not. There are "dust" particles (some of them chonrdules?), and if I remember correctly, about 1 molecule of hydrogen per cubic meter - Now at normal speeds, this would be a vacuum. But comets don't travel at "normal" speeds. I am reminded of the swimmer who dives from too high a height - the water becomes awful hard. I wonder if drag might change a comet's debris stream, putting larger pieces at the head, and smaller pieces at the end? good hunting, Ed ____________________________________________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
