Re: Sci-Fi movie "Impact"

Mac Breck <macthevorlon@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> "peachy ashie passion" <exquisitepeach@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
> > Mac Breck wrote:
> > > peachy ashie passion wrote:
> > >>ravenlynne wrote:
> > >>
> > >>>I believe I see more Space Rice Krispies in our future:
> > >>>
> > >>>http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=1&id=53131
> > >>
> > >>> a two-part SF disaster TV movie, about a dwarf star
> > >>>striking the moon and wreaking havoc on Earth, Variety reported.
> > >>>
> > >>
> > >>   I think that one line says everything we need to know.  A dwarf
> > >>star????
> > >
> > >
> > > IIRC, there are white dwarfs, red dwarfs and brown dwarfs, but I'd
> have
> > > to dig out my astronomy books to specify the characteristics of
> each.
> > > If memory serves, white dwarfs are the densest and hottest, browns
> are
> > > relatively cool but dense, and reds are in between in heat, but much
> > > less dense.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >     and are any of them cool enough to get that close to the earth
> > without roasting it like a marshmallow over a boy scout campfire?
> 
> 
> A brown dwarf, which is well on its way to becoming just a big rock.

But since they are somewhat larger than 13 times the mass of Jupiter,
the heat is not really the thing to worry about.