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- From: billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson)
- Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
- Subject: Re: asteroids beyond Jupiter
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.235420.19821@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com>
- Date: 22 Dec 92 23:54:20 GMT
- References: <BzonA2.5rA@polaris.async.vt.edu>
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, Oregon USA
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- jfurr@polaris.async.vt.edu (Joel K. Furr) writes:
- : In article <1992Dec22.185915.27317@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com> billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson) writes:
- : >:
- : >: Well, stay tuned. Object 1992QB1 is reckoned to be a good candidate for a
- : >: distant (40-50 A.U.) minor planet and may be the first of many discovered at
- : >: that distance.
- : >
- : >The statement was asteroid - not planetoid. The asteroids originate in the
- : >asteroid belt. It is doubtful if any of them could be perturbed enough to
- : >reach the orbit if Neptune.
- : >
- : >The planetoids are a different matter. It is possible that some of them
- : >came from outside the Solar System. They could also have been formed just
- : >about anywhere in the system, so the same limitations do not apply to
- : >them. I would not argue that a planetoid could not have been captured
- : >by Neptune - although the fact that Pluto has a moon makes this very
- : >unlikely.
- :
- : No, Bill, you're wrong. There are many flat-out ASTEROIDS that orbit that
- : far. You're not an astronomer, don't lecture us from a vacuum of knowledge.
-
- I could easily be wrong. This is AFU - after all.
-
- Guess I will have to do some study of the recent research. Do you have some
- cites to simplify my astronomical task?
-
- Bill
-