jeffw@lemmy.world to Earth, Environment, and Geosciences@mander.xyzEnglish · 4 months agoAn asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs, not a comet, new study findsarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up121arrow-down11
arrow-up120arrow-down1external-linkAn asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs, not a comet, new study findsarstechnica.comjeffw@lemmy.world to Earth, Environment, and Geosciences@mander.xyzEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square12fedilink
minus-squareHootinNHollerin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoI think comets have predictable paths for long periods of time so they show up again and again, like Haley’s comet
minus-squareMongosteinlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoAh, and asteroids are just kinda out there floating around without orbiting any specific thing?
What’s the difference?
I think comets have predictable paths for long periods of time so they show up again and again, like Haley’s comet
Ah, and asteroids are just kinda out there floating around without orbiting any specific thing?