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SFOTD (Scale Factor Of The Day) - 3/17/98

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From: Peter Langston <psl>
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 98 14:04:22 -0800
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Subject: SFOTD (Scale Factor Of The Day) - 3/17/98

[This is from a discussion of asteroid 1997XF11.  You'll need a fixed-width
 font (e.g. Courier) for this... -psl]

 Forwarded-by: Robert G Kennedy III <robot@ultimax.com>
...

Here's my /modified/ quick & dirty diagram -

 asteroid 1997XF11
         |        -- Venus
         |       |
         v       V
      ...*..  O  ++.+..             o
      ^    ^  ^   ^ ^               ^
      |    |  |   | |               |
       ----   |   | |               |
        |     |   | |               |
inner&outer  Sun  |Mars          Jupiter
ranges of         |
asteroid's orbit  |
                  |                   Scale: --->1 AU<--- (4 ASCII spaces)
                Earth
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