Re: earth angle

[awrobinson@amoco.com (Andrew W. Robinson)]

> 
> From: jbauer@capital.edu (John Bauer)
> 
> Is it possible that the impact of one or many stellar bodies would transfer
> enough kinetic energy to effect the earth's orbit and thereby alter the 
> earth's
> climate? 
> 
> a rank ameture shooting in the 
> dark
> 

For something the size of the proposed Chixculub impact, it would be
highly unlikely. However, for the proposed collision between the
proto-Earth and the Mars-sized body 4.5 BY that created the moon,
definitely.

Andrew