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In article <LA1Mf.7438$vC4.3242@clgrps12>, Bruce Inkster wrote:
[SL-9 boilerplate]
> there is no telling when, the technology is new to us.
>
Actually, since there's a reasonably well characterised
size-number distribution for the main asteroid belt, and little reason
to anticipate that the distribution will be substantially different in
the Earth-crossing range of orbits, then it should be quite possible to
crunch the statistics to give us an estimate. But that's certainly
beyond my maths. I was wondering if anyone else had actually heard an
estimate from somewhere.
The task is certainly do-able, but whether it's worth putting
much effort to (as opposed to just going out and searching for more)
I'd doubt.
--
Aidan Karley FGS
Aberdeen, Scotland,
Location: 57°10'11" N, 02°08'43" W (sub-tropical Aberdeen), 0.021233
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