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Originally posted by Phage
reply to post by Trillium
I assume you are talking about the orbit condition code. Those objects with higher uncertainties have had few observations. That doesn't mean that the calculations are inaccurate or that the orbits are unpredictable. A good example would be the infamous 2011 SO5, for which the code has been now set at 7 after more observations have been made. Its close approach data has not changed. The earlier calculations were and are accurate.
A CME has less density than the best vacuum that can be produced in laboratories on Earth. A CME cannot change the orbit of an NEO.
edit on 9/30/2011 by Phage because: (no reason given)
As I said, very few observations.
So why does this one have a code 8 still after almost 7 years
ssd.jpl.nasa.gov...
# obs. used (total) 25
I did answer about the effects of CMEs. It's right there in your quote of my post.
and did not answer about CME affect
I did read that. It's interesting but it hardly supports the idea that a CME can change the orbit of an asteroid. I'm not sure if any of the objects that concern you get as close to the Sun as Mercury but the solar wind would have the same effect on them as it does on Mercury. The diffuse ions of the solar wind have enough energy to knock some atoms loose from the surface but they do not exert enough force to push the entire body around.
Solar Wind Blasts Mercury and Erodes the Planet,
Originally posted by Phage
reply to post by Trillium
As I said, very few observations.
So why does this one have a code 8 still after almost 7 years
ssd.jpl.nasa.gov...
# obs. used (total) 25
I did answer about the effects of CMEs. It's right there in your quote of my post.
and did not answer about CME affect
I did read that. It's interesting but it hardly supports the idea that a CME can change the orbit of an asteroid. I'm not sure if any of the objects that concern you get as close to the Sun as Mercury but the solar wind would have the same effect on them as it does on Mercury. The diffuse ions of the solar wind have enough energy to knock some atoms loose from the surface but they do not exert enough force to push the entire body around.
Solar Wind Blasts Mercury and Erodes the Planet,
edit on 9/30/2011 by Phage because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by StrangerThanFiction39
reply to post by Trillium
Your posts make no sense. Phage answered you about the CME, and explained the difference between a NEO and Mercury in regards to the object being moved. Show a link showing a CME shifting the ORBIT of Mercury and we will talk.