On 11/12/14 12:08 PM, Shane Mage wrote: >> The harpoons were designed to anchor into a Dirty Snowball, as the >> comet was "known" to be according to the Orthodox model of >> solar-system formation. Since that model is pure fantasy, Philae's >> harpoons could not anchor into the rocky surface of the asteroid >> fragment that this comet. like all the others, actually is.
=================== [Not that evidence from physicists have ever stopped you, but perhaps you could a) quit with crackpot cosmogony or b) give us the one true, final, complete model of the solar system's dynamics for the last, let's say 3 billion years. I'd like the equations please!] http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-30097648 Comet landing: Organic molecules detected by Philae Carbon-containing "organics" are the basis of life on Earth and may give clues to chemical ingredients delivered to our planet early in its history. The compounds were picked up by a German-built instrument designed to "sniff" the comet's thin atmosphere. Other analyses suggest the comet's surface is largely water-ice covered with a thin dust layer. [snip] Preliminary results from the Mupus instrument, which deployed a hammer to the comet after Philae's landing, suggest there is a layer of dust 10-20cm thick on the surface with very hard water-ice underneath. The ice would be frozen solid at temperatures encountered in the outer Solar System - Mupus data suggest this layer has a tensile strength similar to sandstone. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
