Re: Possible evidence for Stone Age (Clovis) Cosmic Catastrophe?

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> On the other hand, if you count sun-grazers, where a blob of the sun
> is ejected on an orbit that goes around it and returns to the surface
> of the sun on the way back, as a comet, these will frequently have
> zero eccentricity because the sun is rotating and it is easier to
> launch from the equator in the direction of spin because on earth it
> gives you a free launch of a bonus 1000 mph of speed even before you
> light the blue touch paper. On the sun, its rotation gives you a
> launch velocity of 2 kilometers per second extra than at the poles. So
> it is quite normal for stuff to be ejected from the solar equator in
> the direction of spin and on the ecliptic.
>

Ummm, since when are _any_ objects* "ejected" (apart from the occasional
solar flare - which is composed of high-energy plasma) from the Sun to do
an orbit of the solar system and return?

David

* Let alone comets

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