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Astronomical Cosmological Extraterrestrial
Asteroids as Rocky Planetoids
Asteroids are small, unevenly contoured, rocky planetoids that are bound by gravitational chords to a solar orbit. Most of the asteroids are tethered to a spatial cairn between Mars and Jupiter which astronomers have labelled the "Asteroid Belt".
Some of the larger asteroids there include: Ceres, Pallas, Vesta, and Juno. The asteroid belt has gaps where there are no asteroids. One form of these "gaps", the Kirkwood Gaps, result from gravitational interactions with nearby planets such as Jupiter.
More than eighty asteroids regularly cross the Earth's orbit with the seven Aten asteroids making regular
crossings. The Apollo asteroids have orbits similar to that of the Earth; the Amor asteroids orbit between Earth and Mars; the Trojan asteroids share the
orbit of Jupiter; and the Centaur asteroids orbit in the outer reaches of the solar system.
Rocky Asteroid Gaspra's Best Face
Image Courtesy of The Galileo Project, NASA
Many scientists speculate that asteroids may have been causal in the mass extinction of many animal and plant species in past planetary ages. One interesting hypothesis that has not been adequately Readd is the possibility that the asteroids resulted from the sudden, instantaneous extinction of an entire planet and of all of its life forms, a planet that formerly orbited the Sun, in the gap between Mars and Jupiter.
As we continue our evolutionary journey, spiraling into future manifest destinies for humanity, maybe it is time to pause and consider the genesis of the extremely popular "Star Wars, Death Star" mythos.
Is it possible that the first movie in 1977 sparked a genetic memory of a time long past? A time when a peaceful planet, named "Epona" after the Celtic horse goddess, circle danced around the Sun, until . . . one day, the planet was blown up by an Evil Force similar to the Emperor to set an example to those who might also believe in the freedom of choice.
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Cosmological Extraterrestrial Copyright © 2002-2008 Maureen Grace Burns, Blessings Cornucopia. All Rights Reserved.
Public Domain Image Rocky Asteroid Gaspra's Best Face Courtesy of The Galileo Project, NASA, [http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap980712.html]. Accessed January 28, 2007.
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