That is exactly the issue I raised. If the swarm of rocks in orbit
around the asteroid are too small to seen, their existence will be
overlooked until it is too late. We might want to look more carefully
at the images.
Ed
On Feb 28, 2013, at 6:45 PM, Harry Veeder wrote:
As a practical matter, whenever a large body passes near the earth
should should we regard it as warning sign that the earth
will temporarily be at an elevated risk of being hit by a smaller
body? People who study near-earth objects should be able to answer
this question which is different from the question if the recent
celeatial coincidence was really just a coincidence.
Harry
