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- From: Olav Phillips <phylo@pacbell.net>
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- Subject: Re: Death Star theory
- Date: Fri, 07 Jun 1996 14:38:43 -0700
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- CDesley wrote:
- >
- > I recently read a very interesting book called Nemesis by Richard Muller
- > (1988). It gives a detailed scientific account of the discovery of the
- > asteroid/comet that killed off the dinosaurs. He found that there were
- > periodic extinctions in the fossil record occuring every 26 million years.
- > This lead him to postulate the existence of an undiscovered star, he
- > calls Nemesis, orbiting our sun. Every 26 million years it comes close
- > enough to disturb the comet cloud around the solar system, sending a comet
- > storm into the inner solar system, resulting in cometary collisions with
- > the earth. This star would currently be about 3 light years from us, but
- > over millions of years would approach much closer. If it were a red dwarf
- > or other dim star, it would still possibly be undetected. This theory
- > prompted a search for this putative death star, but I'm sure none has been
- > found yet or I would have heard about it. This theory was popular in the
- > news media at the time it came out. Does anyone know the current status
- > of this theory and the search for this star? Has the theory been proven
- > faulty? Please E-mail me or post a reply. I know this may be a bit off
- > topic, but it could have implications for the presence of nearby planetary
- > systems.
-
- Yeah..this theory has been floating around for awhile..never seen any
- real proof..also the idea of a companion star on an erratic orbit 3 light
- years away? i doubt it ...I'll stick to the asteroid explination for the
- mega-faunal extinction..I never seen any data that would suggest this is
- possible..
-