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Jump to first unread post. Pages: 1 blobrana Tourist Reged: 06/27/06 Posts: 132 298 Baptistina       #992937 - 09/05/07 05:14 AM View in Google Earth (221 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote   Quick Reply   The extinction of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago can be traced to a collision between two monster rocks in the asteroid belt nearly 100 million years earlier, scientists report on Wednesday. (Details inside) Post Extras:       blobrana Tourist Reged: 06/27/06 Posts: 132 Re: 298 Baptistina [Re: blobrana]       #993381 - 09/05/07 02:42 PM Edit   Reply   Quote   Quick Reply   The investigators also put a 70-percent probability that a four-km Baptistina asteroid hit the Moon some around 108 million years ago forming the 85-km crater Tycho. "We are in the tail end of this shower now. Our simulations suggest that about 20 percent of the present-day near-Earth asteroid population can be traced back to the Baptistina family" - William Bottke, Southwest Research Institute, Colorado, US. Read more Post Extras:       Hill Master Guide Reged: 10/31/04 Posts: 8371 Loc: Los Angeles Re: 298 Baptistina [Re: blobrana]       #999496 - 09/12/07 08:01 PM Edit   Reply   Quote   Quick Reply   More about Tycho from skyandtelescope.com -------------------- Translate text "Eternity is a very long time, especially towards the end" Stephen Hawking (quoting Woody Allen) "There are all kinds of interesting questions that come from a knowledge of science, which only adds to the excitement and mystery and awe of a flower." Richard Feynman Iraq war and occupation costs Post Extras:       Pages: 1

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