Re: Source of KT asteroid pdf

[jrc <jrccea@bellsouth.net>]

It's not that simple.  It depends both upon the distribution of the total 
volumes of matter within the two volumes of space, and the fact that 
perturbations resulting in elliptical orbits cause matter to funnel into a 
smaller volume of space as they approach the sun (and Earth).

JimC

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Chure" <danchure@easilink.com>
To: <adam@crowlspace.com>
Cc: <cowen@blueoakfarm.com>; <dinosaur@usc.edu>
Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2008 6:18 PM
Subject: Re: Source of KT asteroid pdf


> If both inner asteroid belt and Kuiper belt collisions produced impactor 
> candidates,  I suppose  given the vastly greater distances and thus volume 
> of space and  much smaller target area (Earth) in that larger volume of 
> space, there is a higher likelihood that an object from the inner belt 
> would strike our planet.