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- From: moroney@world.std.com (Michael Moroney)
- Subject: Re: Accretion Question
- Message-ID: <C1Dw5G.9w2@world.std.com>
- Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
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- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 00:32:03 GMT
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- max@west.darkside.com (Erik Max Francis) writes:
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- >Second, I wouldn't think that such an event was terribly likely -- that
- >is, a _big_ object falling into the inner solar system.
-
- It would have to be likely if the inner planets were formed by the accretion
- of Mars-, Moon- and Ceres-sized things...
-
- > (I think there
- >was a proposal a while ago that Venus came from outsystem, disrupted
- >planets, changed axial tilts, etc., and settled into orbit, which would
- >explain its strange rotational period. I don't know how much credit this
- >idea was given, though.)
-
- I've seen this proposal. It has more holes in it than swiss cheese.
-
- -Mike
-