Re: [math-fun] Is the asteroid belt a "glider gun" ?

From: "Henry Baker" <hbaker1@pipeline.com> FYI -- So the asteroid belt is shooting at us ? http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/WISE/news/wise20110919.html Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer Mission News Origin of Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Remains a Mystery [...] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- What happened to the old theory that it was a comet (e.g., megaTunguska)? If the chemistry is wrong, how about a retrograde comet killing off most of some asteroid's orbital angular momentum? So if a small asteroid, or that falling satellite, manages to slip in and kill some people, is Italy going to charge a bunch of astronomers with manslaughter? Or in the U.S., just a civil tort? --rwg