Re: Sci-Fi movie "Impact"

Mark Nobles wrote:
> 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.

No, the name of the game there would be gravity.  Just imagine those
gravitational forces at the distance the moon is from the earth.

-- 
Mac Breck (KoshN)
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Harry Dresden: [re. Bianca] What is it about bad girls?  They lie,
cheat, won't suck your blood even when you beg them to, and for some
reason, no matter how badly they treat us, we still can't walk away.