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Re: Coincidence of meteor strike and close asteroid approach at same time.
Posted:
Feb 20, 2013 8:40 AM
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In article <kg29a9$27od$1@matchbox.inf.ed.ac.uk>,
richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk says...
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> In article <3246ca96-d581-45bc-b8b5-25d4ebd071b2@j9g2000vbz.googlegroups.com>,
> Robert Clark <rgregoryclark@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> > She states the two have very different orbits so they should be
> >unrelated, but acknowledges that the very low probability of their
> >both occurring so close to each other in time is puzzling.
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> No, it's not puzzling. It would only be puzzling if there was an
> explanation and you couldn't find it. But there isn't an explanation,
> and doesn't need to be.
This is the definition of a pure coincidence. Nothing special.
Jeff
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