Sodom And Gomorra And Asteroids

[sergio]

interesting article.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article3649054.ece
Sergio

[willowfox]

The Austrian Alps are along way from where Sodom and Gomorra are supposed to have been situated, so this does not give any new light on how the twins cities were destroyed.

[jesed]

The Austrian Alps are along way from where Sodom and Gomorra are supposed to have been situated, so this does not give any new light on how the twins cities were destroyed.

"two thirds of the asteroid would have been hurled back along its route
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Dr Hempsall said that at least 20 ancient myths record devastation of the type and on the scale of the asteroid’s impact, including the Old Testament tale of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah and the Ancient Greek myth of how Phaeton, son of Helios, fell into the River Eridanus after losing control of his father’s sun chariot."

[willowfox]

First, it would have taken a huge chunk of rock to destroy the two cities and secondly there would be evidence of the destruction still viewable from space if not from on site. Asteroids tend to make nasty marks on the surface of the planet.