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Does the Oort Cloud actually exist?
Then you need to explain the comets with orbits...
alcaray
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7/13/2008 7:24:37 PM
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...that are way out of the ecliptic.
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Does the Oort Cloud actually exist?
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Jacob
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7/13/2008 7:05:01 PM
re: Does the Oort Cloud actually exist?
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pb
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7/14/2008 9:06:52 AM
re: Does the Oort Cloud actually exist?
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Marcia
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7/16/2008 4:31:58 AM
Good question...
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phil
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7/13/2008 10:15:12 PM
re: Good question...
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Marcia
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7/14/2008 4:32:32 AM
re: Does the Oort Cloud actually exist?
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TB
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7/13/2008 10:02:38 PM
That's nice, but...
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Jacob
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7/14/2008 2:06:34 AM
Crime Scene
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nick hoffman
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7/14/2008 10:55:58 AM
re: That's nice, but...
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Marcia
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7/14/2008 4:58:47 AM
Before you carry on...
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Adam Crowl
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7/13/2008 8:00:10 PM
Without direct visual evidence you have at best, a wishful hypothesis; at worst, a myth...A science myth; but a myth just the same..
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Jacob
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7/13/2008 8:03:37 PM
Kuyper belt objects Oort cloud
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Raoul
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7/13/2008 8:32:54 PM
I'll believe it when I see it.
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Jacob
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7/14/2008 2:11:19 AM
Then where do we get long period comets from???
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Adam Crowl
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7/14/2008 6:44:58 AM
HZ members don't "believe" in Long Period Comets
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E.P.
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7/14/2008 8:29:38 PM
re: ---- Yes they do. - Look it up;1111
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Marcia
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7/16/2008 4:37:33 AM
So much for cynicism
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E.P.
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7/18/2008 6:56:22 PM
Then you need to explain the comets with orbits...
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alcaray
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7/13/2008 7:24:37 PM
The burdeon of proof falls on the those who love the Ooort Cloud theory.
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Jacob
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7/13/2008 8:00:17 PM
not exactly, the burden is to Offer a BETTER theory
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nick hoffman
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7/14/2008 10:33:08 AM
Nick's right
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TB
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7/14/2008 3:45:25 PM
re: Nick's right
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Jacob
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7/15/2008 1:50:08 PM
For the same reason they're indetectable around Sol...
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Adam Crowl
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7/16/2008 6:40:19 AM
Nice to have confidence in what may come, but that sounds like f-a-i-t-h..
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Jacob
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7/16/2008 5:00:03 PM
I haven't seen macroevolution...
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Adam Crowl
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7/19/2008 8:23:58 AM
Jan Oort just called
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Socrates II
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7/19/2008 3:59:32 AM
I directed your attention to evidence.
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alcaray
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7/13/2008 8:13:07 PM
Well, I tried to, anyway.
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alcaray
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7/13/2008 8:14:22 PM
You're trying to indicate that the Oort Cloud theory explains a lot?
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Jacob
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7/14/2008 2:21:04 AM
It is not impossible that a better solution might somehow be found for the evidence at hand.
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alcaray
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7/14/2008 2:41:09 AM
Sigh! ...I love the absence of an [edit] icon on this website.
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Jacob
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7/13/2008 8:07:19 PM
Does Jacob actually exist?
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Socrates II
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7/15/2008 12:31:40 AM
How can we determine if Jacob exists?
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ARRELL
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7/15/2008 6:40:50 PM
ROTFLMAO!!
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Jacob
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7/16/2008 4:56:38 PM
The name is still popular. ;-)
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Jacob
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7/15/2008 1:36:36 PM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.