Troy writes:
>I don't know how many of you are astronomers, but there was a great
>view of comet Ikeya-Zhang tonight [...]
Argh... Too much cloud cover here.
[...]
>I have wondered how OUC's (that would be old universe creationists)
>consider the (apparent) lack of longevity of comets in our system.
[...]
Probably in a way much like most astronomers (look up: "Kuiper" & "Oort")
>Are these comets picking up material,
No.
>or are we picking up comets?
Possibly not... just seeing ones that were deflected out of their
more distant orbits.
Regards,
Tim Ikeda
tikeda@sprintmail.com
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