In reply to thomas malloy's message of Fri, 28 Sep 2007 01:14:59 -0500 (CDT): Hi, [snip] >>I said "orbits" not "incoming". >>Regards, >> >Excuse me, I got your comments mixed up with the antimatter asteroids. >Orbits how far from the sun? with what results? [snip]
According to Wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stellar_black_hole), the largest known stellar black hole has a mass of about 14 Solar masses. If that's what we were orbiting, then with a period of 27000 years, our orbit would have a radius of about 2200 AU - if circular. For comparison, the orbit of Pluto is about 39 AU, and the Kuiper belt is thought to extend out to about 55 AU. However an *elliptical* orbit would bring us close once every 27000 years, which means that if we were close at the time of the flood - say 13000 years ago, then we would now be about at the farthest distance in our orbit. Of coarse other combinations of black hole mass and orbit are possible. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk The shrub is a plant.
