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(meteorobs) ice
I was intrigued by the comment that the icefall was
coincident with a 'near collision' could it be that airplanes, like people, can
lose control of their bladder in
near-death experiences?!
On another minor note, pure methane is without
color or odor, it is only when mixed with organics that those other fragrances
become noticible.
I wonder if cometary masses are carrying any
complex organics - since comets are predominately early solar system material,
it would seem the organics could only be those pre-existing in the primordial
star forming gas cloud. I have seen some articles where some amino acids and
hydrocarbon molecules have been found in star forming clouds like the Orion
nebula but I believe these are of the more basic type.
Tom