Re: Why Life on Mars and the Dinosaurs Died

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From: A Paul R Cooper
Date: Tue, 05 Nov 1996 00:00

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dglmal@telis.com wrote:
> 
> If you look at our solar system we have a missing planet.  This missing
> planet has left plenty of evidence if we look between the orbits of Mars &
> Jupiter there should be a planet. However, what we find is called the
> Asteroid Belt.

>>>> CHOP<<<<<

> --
> David Lawler
> dglmal@telis.org

I think that current theory on planetary formation suggests that the 
asteroids are not the remains of a planet, but that they represent a region 
where a planet could not aggregate because of gravitational resonances with 
Jupiter. Can someone more knowledgeable confirm or deny this?

The idea is rather fun, though, and has been used as the basis of a series 
of SF stories by Hogan ("Inherit the Stars", "The Gentle Giants of Ganymede" 
and another whose title I can't remember). They are rattling good yarns, to 
borrow a phrase from the last century, and they also represent the 
scientific method quite well, with obvious lapses so that the story works!

-- 
A. Paul R. Cooper
British Antarctic Survey
paul.cooper@bas.ac.uk

*****          Any opinions given here are my own,          *****
***** and not necessarily those of British Antarctic Survey *****

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From: A Paul R Cooper <paul.cooper@bas.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: Why Life on Mars and the Dinosaurs Died
Date: 1996/11/05
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