object now is pointed toward the giant. This is a significant turning point, no pun intended, as from this point
forward the object now finds that its linear momentum and its gravity drop are combined, and thus, with this
combined force, it ends up heading straight down.
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ZetaTalk: Oort Cloud
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Ah, the theoretical Oort Cloud. As with the mythical Quark - give it a name and it becomes real. It is
assume that comets just happen along, and sometimes get caught in a repeating cycle. Humans speculate on the origin
of comets. The majority of comets visiting your Solar System return because they
breakups caused by the periodic passage of the 12th Planet, for one. Look to the nature of your Solar System, the
composition and shape of the planets. How would irregularly shaped chunks of ice, which in essence comets are,
begin? The Earth was once a water planet, but lost much of her water following a collision with a traveling moon of
the 12th Planet. Where do you suppose her waters went?
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ZetaTalk: Repeating Comets
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Repeating comets are attracted to the Sun, are heading for it, but miss due to the same sensitivity to the solar wind that
causes their dust clouds and gasses to blow away from the Sun. Humans assume that tiny particles will be more
affected by the solar wind than larger particles, but this assumption is wrong. If this were the case, then how to explain
the Asteroid Belt, which has trash of all sizes, seemingly unaffected by the solar wind. A small object may lose its
velocity faster than a larger object, due to the gravitational differences, but the effect is the same when they are
sensitive to the solar wind - they are pushed away. Comets that hit the Sun have, through repeated trips around the Sun,
lost enough water vapor so that the balance of their composition weighs against repulsion by the solar wind. In short,
they've lost their protection. They come zooming in from outer space, but
Where a repelling force exists, such as the solar wind against a comet, the comet will veer out upon approach and as it
gains speed coming into the Solar System, veer in again. The increasing speed of comets allows them to push past their
sensitivity to the solar wind, to some degree. Thus they have a quick trip around the Sun while held at the distance
where they are essentially getting a blast of wind they cannot proceed against.
The solar wind is steady, its change incremental, as with every measure closer the intensity increases by a similar
steady measure. The length away that the comet maintains is not explained by an analogy such as a car hitting a brick
wall or a diver entering the water or even a man walking into a hurricane. The comet is
approaches, going in the direction of least pressure, of least resistance, while still aiming for the Sun. The point where
this balance is reached is dependent on the speed of the comet, which increases steadily the closer it gets to the Sun,
and the intensity of the blast from the solar wind. At every point along its orbit, these determinators are at play. When
out in space the comet's pace is relatively sedate, and thus slides to the side rather than approaching the Sun directly.
When it enters your Solar System the reverse is occurring - the speed effect overcoming the solar wind push, so that
the comet curves toward the Sun, but always these two factors are at play.
Quite clearly some comets are periodic, as they appear regularly after a set number of years, approach from the same
direction, turn around within the Solar System at the same place, exit the Solar System in the same direction, and give
the same predictable appearance. But comets that have a long period have been documented in the past in a manner
that leaves much doubt. Where astronomers within this very millennium assumed the Sun orbited the Earth, just how
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ZetaTalk: Repeating Comets
accurate can their records have been? And how does one know that a previous comet is returning, even when it
approaches from the same direction? Is it not possible to have more than
Solar System? Humans are barely out of the Dark Ages, and if honest would admit that they are guessing. Do they
have these comets marked? Do they have an accurate basis of comparison? What are they judging on, the pencil sketch
made by someone in antiquity?
