Shoemaker-Levy 9 was a comet that hit Jupiter a few years ago. Here is a link: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/sl9/
According to the site, there were 21 discernable pieces and the collisions lasted for about 7 days.
Relating Silverpit and Chicxulub wouldn't be a very large stretch of the imagination.
As a side note, has anyone ever heard of, or read a study on the ages of the Moon craters?
Could the extra rings be caused by multiple impacts?
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I've read several accounts that claimed a "really big" asteroid hits the earth every million or so years. The articles defined "really big" as life extinguishing size.
Lets not forget that a few years ago, Jupiter was absolutely punished by Shoemaker-Levy(sp). Tough day for friends vacationing in the Red Spot.
Sounds to me as if the only way to guarantee the survival of the species is to get the hell off our tiny little rock. (Even if it is a nice little rock.)
Colonize mars, terraform venus and mine the moon.
After all, what are the odds of three asteroids hitting three separate celestial bodies?
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Shoemaker-Levy 9 was a comet that hit Jupiter a few years ago. Here is a link: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/sl9/ According to the site, there were 21 discernable pieces and the collisions lasted for about 7 days. Relating Silverpit and Chicxulub wouldn't be a very large stretch of the imagination. As a side note, has anyone ever heard of, or read a study on the ages of the Moon craters?
Could the extra rings be caused by multiple impacts?
I've read several accounts that claimed a "really big" asteroid hits the earth every million or so years. The articles defined "really big" as life extinguishing size.
Lets not forget that a few years ago, Jupiter was absolutely punished by Shoemaker-Levy(sp). Tough day for friends vacationing in the Red Spot.
Sounds to me as if the only way to guarantee the survival of the species is to get the hell off our tiny little rock. (Even if it is a nice little rock.)
Colonize mars, terraform venus and mine the moon.
After all, what are the odds of three asteroids hitting three separate celestial bodies?