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Post by hummingbirdstones on Feb 15, 2021 21:28:08 GMT -5
Jupiter's gravity pushed comet toward Sun; comet was ripped apart by tidal forces.
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Post by toiv0 on Feb 15, 2021 23:53:38 GMT -5
Crazy
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Post by RWA3006 on Feb 16, 2021 17:42:27 GMT -5
Coprolite happens
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Post by parfive on Feb 17, 2021 0:41:58 GMT -5
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Post by Fossilman on Feb 17, 2021 18:49:27 GMT -5
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Post by victor1941 on Feb 19, 2021 14:21:44 GMT -5
Very interesting article. Thanks for posting.
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Post by 1dave on Mar 10, 2021 12:55:39 GMT -5
I'll bet that a lot more than one of those comet fragments hit the earth around that time. we just know about one of them. That comet had to come from the eruption of a specific sized star to have ejected so much of a single element - iridium. I once had an ounce of gold nuggets from Beauty Bay Alaska smelted. They dinged me because the gold had so much rare earth metals in it. Ever melt gold or silver and pour it into water? that was the shapes of the nuggets. I believe they were meteorites.  |
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Post by 1dave on Mar 10, 2021 15:25:30 GMT -5
And I'll bet a fragment also hit the moon!
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