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- From: jfurr@nyx.cs.du.edu (JKF)
- Subject: Re: Mnemonics
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.224604.22188@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
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- References: <mVa3VB2w165w@codewks.nacjack.gen.nz> <1992Dec21.211902.4322@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com>
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 22:46:04 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec21.211902.4322@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com> billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson) writes:
- >system@codewks.nacjack.gen.nz (Wayne McDougall) writes:
- >:
- >: Oh YEAH? The planes do intersect, and there is supposed to be a collision
- >: or near miss in about 4 billion years. Working backwards they should also
- >: have collided about 2 billion years ago (c. 1/2 the estimated age of the
- >: solar system). Some people speculate that Pluto is an asteroid that was
- >: captured by Neptune at this time.
- >
- >Yeah - some people do make such a speculation. The same ones who ignore the
- >fact that Pluto has a moon. Also, the same people ignore the fact that none
- >of the asteroids travel anywhere close to that far out. They are pretty much
- >confined between the orbits of Jupiter and Mars.
-
- Sorry, Bill, but there are many planetoids and asteroids that orbit beyond
- the orbit of Jupiter. One such is a minor planet called Chiron. There
- are quite a few others as well.
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