Re: Sci-Fi movie "Impact"

Anim8rFSK wrote:
> In article <050520081936194369%cmn-nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>  Mark Nobles <cmn-nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>> PV <pv+usenet@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>>> "Mac Breck" <macthevorlon@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
>>>> No, the name of the game there would be gravity.  Just imagine
>>>> those gravitational forces at the distance the moon is from the
>>>> earth.
>>>
>>> If a brown dwarf came sailing through the solar system, there
>>> wouldn't be a solar system anymore, at least in this configuration.
>>> An encounter between earth and one at the distance of the moon
>>> would (not doing the math here) probably eject us from the solar
>>> system, after cracking the planet apart. *
>>
>> You can't do the math to get a meaningful answer. It would depend on
>> the angles and velocity of the approach. Nearly anything could happen
>
> Except what's going to happen in the movie.

We'll have to see.  MST3K-ing it ought to be fun.

-- 
Mac Breck (KoshN)
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"The Dresden Files" (2007)
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.