Too bad that Velikovsky was also a total crackpot!
Saul Levy
On 16 Nov 2006 03:36:29 GMT, ba221@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Gaetan
Mailloux) wrote:
Hello
In his book Worlds in Collision Dr Immanuel VELIKOVSKY advances the theory
that our planet, thousands of years ago, meet (has good distance) another
celestial body of a sufficient mass to interrupt its trajectory and to
slow down until nearly the stop the rotation of our planet during 18 hour.
My question is not to know if that arrive indeed. But is it possible,
theoretically, that a celestial body of a sufficient mass can slow down,
until nearly the stop, the rotation of our planet?
What size and mass should have such a celestial corp?
Re: "Pluto Now Called a Plutoid" ... Look again at the phrase used "(nearly round) shape". ... a planet spinning fast enough will be triaxial. ... A star is a celestial body that sustains, has sustained, or is capable of ... (rec.arts.sf.science)
Planet Definition ... A planet is a celestial body that is by far the largest object in ... energy by any nuclear fusion mechanism.... I like Pluto because when I ... was young it was the most distant planet from the sun and now Neptune ... (sci.space.policy)
Definition of a Planet ... A planet is a celestial body that is by far the largest object in ... energy by any nuclear fusion mechanism.... I like Pluto because when I ... was young it was the most distant planet from the sun and now Neptune ... (sci.astro)
Re: Planet Definition ... :A planet is a celestial body that is by far the largest object in ... :lie close to the plane of the elliptic. ... :was young it was the most distant planet from the sun and now Neptune ... So if evidence came forward that, say, Earth was a 'wanderer' it would ... (sci.space.policy)
Re: "Pluto Now Called a Plutoid" ... clear if it qualifies as a planet.... consider a solar system with a 6 solar-mass star orbited by a 25 ... That is an actual potential ambiguity, at the moment we don't know of any such bodies if we find one then we will have to decide. ... A star is a celestial body that sustains, has sustained, or is capable of ... (rec.arts.sf.science)
