[ExI] Asteroid on track for possible (probability of 1:25) Mars hit

[Harvey Newstrom]

On Tuesday 01 January 2008 15:41, spike wrote:
> My fond hope was the asteroid would pass just over the surface of Mars,
> close enough to the ground that the tenuous Martian atmosphere would scrub
> off enough speed to slow the roid into a decaying elliptical orbit.  I did
> a BOTEC that show this cannot happen, damn.  {8-[  The object is large
> enough that it could skim the treetops, but still wouldn't lose enough
> velocity to go elliptical.  Its a direct hit or nothing.

Treetops?  On Mars?  Now that IS interesting!

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Harvey Newstrom <www.harveynewstrom.com>
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