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Well, that's about 10^{-3} times the lunar mass, and the moon is about
60 earth radii away. Does that help?
On Tue, 28 Aug 2001, Ludwik Kowalski wrote:
Rick Tarara wrote:
With the earth moving at 30 km/s along its orbital path,
15 minutes will move the earth 2 diameters [from the
trajectory of the asteroid].
This begs for a question. How far should the m=10^19 kg
asteroid pass to avoid undesirable tides and earthquakes?
Ludwik Kowalski