What do you mean by a "probe in the belt"? Do you mean a probe targeted
for one particular asteroid? The belt itself is, for all practical
purposes, empty space. Anything sent there is going to have to be
carefully aimed at one object, and is going to have to stay with that
one object. Actually, even staying is very difficult, since it requires
so much fuel. Planets are easy, since you can use their gravity and
angular momentum to add or remove velocity.
The most likely thing is to either crash onto a body, or fly past one on
the way to somewhere else.
Chris
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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "E.P. Grondine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 11:03 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Cyclic meteorite streams?
Hi Rob -
"no" it is, based on the meteoritic data.
That's an answer that I can understand, and goodbye to
the fantasy of knowing what night a fall is expected
and then simply going outside and watching them come
in.
So many questions, so few good answers. I wonder when
the hell NASA is going to stop fooling around so much
with Mars, and use some of the money to place a really
good probe in the belt instead.
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