Re: planetary and atmospheric rotation - origins, direction, etc

Larry Caldwell wrote:

> In article <mjscs3d60ttflpjbddms7l1g53bbo0om4n@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, 
> DELETEMETOREPLYrobertocastillo@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Zombie Elvis) says...
> 
>> Here's a blog post which points to a New Scientist article on a paper
>> which postulates that a collision of two proto-planets might be
>> responsible for the formation of Venus and explains its lack of water
>> and funky rotation. The article is subscription only, the blog post is
>> light on details, and the paper itself they are both based upon is
>> also subscription only but hey, it's a start.
> 
> If Venus underwent such a massive collision, where is the debris?   
> Venus should have one or more moons accreted from the debris.

Or part of the debris escaped and part recoalseced back into the 
proto-Venus (possibly with a brief ring phase first).  Not all 
collisions result in independent satellites; after all, that's not how 
we think most planetary satellites got made.

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