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patrickthebold
on Nov 17, 2024
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Effect of a giant meteorite impact on Paleoarchean...
It's a poisson distribution.
nverno
on Nov 17, 2024
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I imagine it is more of an exponential decay mixed with poisson since strikes were far more common back in the day. Also, I'd guess an exponential decay in the expected size of impactors over time as they've been smashing themselves into pieces.
Arech
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Likely it isn't, because the Solar system today and 3Bln years ago are two very different systems.
dataflow
on Nov 17, 2024
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Have the data actually been fit a Poisson distribution? Or is this is just a guess assuming constant rate and independence?
glial
on Nov 17, 2024
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No natural phenomena ever exactly fits any probability distribution.
Q_is_4_Quantum
on Nov 17, 2024
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except the emission spectra from atoms :)
dataflow
on Nov 17, 2024
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Right but I'm saying do we have data showing it's even close? (Genuinely asking, I have no idea.)
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