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- From: higgins@fnalf.fnal.gov (Bill Higgins-- Beam Jockey)
- Subject: Re: Okay, what are the new odds? (was Re: Swift_tuttle's orbit)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov13.202432.1@fnalf.fnal.gov>
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- Organization: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
- References: <1992Nov11.165126.10076@vax.oxford.ac.uk> <1992Nov12.130524.1@fnalo.fnal.gov> <1992Nov13.200748.20381@sfu.ca>
- Date: Sat, 14 Nov 1992 02:24:32 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov13.200748.20381@sfu.ca>, palmer@sfu.ca (Leigh Palmer) writes:
- > In article <1992Nov12.130524.1@fnalo.fnal.gov> higgins@fnalo.fnal.gov (Bill
- > Higgins-- Beam Jockey) wants to know what the odds are on being hit by
- > P/Swift-Tuttle on the next pass through in 2126. I'm pleased to report that I
- > can answer that question definitively. I have decided to accept bets from
- > people who wish to back the possibility of a devastating collision in that
- > year, and I will offer Brian Marsden's 10,000 to one odds, straight up!
- [...]
- > It is now *officially* the case that the odds on P/Swift-Tuttle hitting Earth
- > in 2126 are 10,000 to one.
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- Leigh, old buddy, are you making fun of me?
-
- I can't tell.
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- Bill Higgins, Beam Jockey | Comet Swift-Tuttle is
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory | Mama Nature's way of
- Bitnet: HIGGINS@FNAL.BITNET | saying it's time to
- Internet: HIGGINS@FNAL.FNAL.GOV | get off the planet.
- SPAN/Hepnet: 43011::HIGGINS | --Dale Amon
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