by The Meal » Wed Nov 24, 2004 3:53 pm
APOD under comment.
Could the question of where the craters are, be addressed by the link to the
APOD from last August? Is it possible that a thick atmosphere (and a nearby large gravity well) does an effective job in diverting/burning up potential impactors? I know, I know, growing organic biomass is a much more exciting solution
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, but I'm a bit curious to hear from folks "in-the-know" as to the protecting effects that beefy atmospheres can have (if not just for Titan, then for other extra-solar planets in the galaxy).
Thanks,
~Neal
[url=http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap041124.html]APOD under comment[/url].
Could the question of where the craters are, be addressed by the link to the [url=http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap040810.html]APOD from last August[/url]? Is it possible that a thick atmosphere (and a nearby large gravity well) does an effective job in diverting/burning up potential impactors? I know, I know, growing organic biomass is a much more exciting solution :), but I'm a bit curious to hear from folks "in-the-know" as to the protecting effects that beefy atmospheres can have (if not just for Titan, then for other extra-solar planets in the galaxy).
Thanks,
~Neal