Re: Impact/Extinction Refs

[Tompaleo@aol.com]

In a message dated 96-01-25 06:17:28 EST, you write:

>It's interesting to note that recent high-resolution imaging of 
>near-Earth asteroids, crater population studies on the Moon, Mars, and 
>other solar system bodies, and now impact craters on Earth are leading to 
>the conclusion that many impacts (like Shoemaker-Levy on Jupiter) are 
>multiple rather than single.
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Yes it is! From the few papers I have read or read of, it seems that multiple
impacts may be more the rule than the exception.

Tom Lipka