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Expert Profile: Paul Braxton

Expertise:  Just about anything to do with the Solar System, comets, asteroids, etc., the Universe, space in general.

Experience in the area
Amateur astronomer with expertise in Solar System and deep-space astronomy.

Education/Credentials
BA, liberal arts with emphasis in sciences.

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User Comments
Excellent analogy. Thank you
(Gary on 10/21/08)
Thank you Paul for all your answers, x I can book that holiday now and not worry about packing my space suit Debs
(Debs on 08/29/08)
Thank you for the answer.. ! most helpful Kind regards Debs
(Debs on 08/22/08)
Thank you for such insight, very helpful
(Debs on 08/22/08)
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Recent Answers from Paul Braxton
2008-10-29  Venus Hello Cheyenne...and thanks for using AllExperts It's not very likely that life ever existed on Venus. Venus formed about the same time as Earth and the other planets in our solar system (..about 4.5-billion...
2008-08-28  Earth's other orbit Hi... Wow! Lot of questions, but that's all right. Glad to try and relieve your mind about the 2012 "doomsday" nonsense. About the Milky Way alignment you mention. This "plane crossing" stuff is about...
2008-08-25  earth's orbit Hello Sherry...and thanks for using AllExperts "...1) why the earth's orbit is like an ellipse why it's not a circle?..." If the Earth was a perfect sphere with its internal density evenly distributed...
2008-08-22  Earth's other orbit Hello again..! Any object large enough to knock Earth out of its orbit would more than likely fracture our planet completely. It's now believed that not long after Earth formed it was impacted by an object...
2008-08-21  Earth's other orbit Hi Debs...and thanks for using AllExperts. First remember that the current position of Earth is due mainly to the mass of the sun; it's the sun that has the most gravitational influence in our solar...
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