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In reply to the discussion: What if the universe had no beginning? [View all]PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,841 posts)I am currently reading Sutter's book How to Die in Space and it's a hoot. He has a wonderful, almost snarky way of presenting things, and I keep on laughing out loud. Plus, early on he talked about the asteroid belt and so I sent him an email asking if the materials in the asteroid belt had gotten together to become a planet, would it be naked eye visible? He responded within a couple of hours (and that alone is fantastic) that no, Ceres itself is more than half of the matter in the asteroid belt, and all of the rest of the asteroids would have made a very small planet, not naked eye invisible.
He is an amazing and interesting guy.
I have asked My Son The Astronomer if he'd crossed paths with Sutter, but alas he has not. Darn. I'd love to meet that man in person.
I do have his first book, Your Place in the Universe which I will get to once I'm done with How to Die in Space. I will add that How to Die in Space is so packed with information, that I've been taking it rather slowly. Never took physics, never took math beyond a business based calculus, although I constantly ask My Son The Astronomer many questions.
I love this stuff.