(Image credit: National Park Service/Tom Engberg) In a new research study, a group led by Native American anthropologist Kenneth Tankersley examined sediments near 11 Hopewell archeological websites and found micrometeorites, small fragments shed by a checking out comet. As a comet comes into Earths view, it also nears the sun, whose heat melts the comets ice and may activate the shedding of material as outbursts.” Theres one more suggestive sign that a comet appeared to the Hopewell people.
(Image credit: National Park Service/Tom Engberg) In a new research study, a group led by Native American anthropologist Kenneth Tankersley analyzed sediments near 11 Hopewell archeological sites and found micrometeorites, small fragments shed by a visiting comet. Some comets have orbits that last tens of thousands of years, for instance, and this is what makes observing them so singularly special. As a comet comes into Earths view, it likewise nears the sun, whose heat melts the comets ice and may activate the shedding of material as outbursts. Individuals in China observed numerous comets throughout that time.” Theres one more suggestive sign that a comet appeared to the Hopewell people.