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Muller has suggested that the Moon suffered a bombardment event as recently (per uniformitarian theories) as 400 to 600 million years ago, and that Nemesis might have been the cause.<ref name=MullerMoon>Muller, Richard A. "[http://muller.lbl.gov/papers/Lunar_impacts_Nemesis.pdf Measurement of the lunar impact record for the past 3.5 billion years, and implications for the Nemesis theory]." ''Geological Society of America'' Special Paper 356, pp 659-665 (2002). Accessed June 10, 2008.</ref> Yet no geologist has developed evidence for periodic bombardment of the Moon, in line with the alleged 12 ELEs on the earth.
 
Muller has suggested that the Moon suffered a bombardment event as recently (per uniformitarian theories) as 400 to 600 million years ago, and that Nemesis might have been the cause.<ref name=MullerMoon>Muller, Richard A. "[http://muller.lbl.gov/papers/Lunar_impacts_Nemesis.pdf Measurement of the lunar impact record for the past 3.5 billion years, and implications for the Nemesis theory]." ''Geological Society of America'' Special Paper 356, pp 659-665 (2002). Accessed June 10, 2008.</ref> Yet no geologist has developed evidence for periodic bombardment of the Moon, in line with the alleged 12 ELEs on the earth.
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The orbit of Nemesis is unstable, and many astronomers hold that Nemesis should long ago have escaped the Sun's gravity. Muller disputes these claims and insists that Nemesis ought to remain a part of the solar system for another billion years.<ref name=Muller/>
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The orbit of Nemesis would be unstable, and many astronomers hold that Nemesis should long ago have escaped the Sun's gravity. Muller disputes these claims and insists that Nemesis ought to remain a part of the solar system for another billion years.<ref name=Muller/>
    
Recently, Walter Cruttenden at the Binary Research Institute has decided that [[Sedna]], a [[scatter disk]] object, actually is in orbital resonance with Nemesis.<ref name=Cruttenden>Staff. "[http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Evidence_Mounts_For_Companion_Star_To_Our_Sun.html Evidence Mounts For Companion Star To Our Sun]." ''SpaceDaily'', April 25, 2006. Accessed June 10, 2008.</ref> Sedna's sidereal year is estimated to be 12,000 Earth years. If Sedna is in resonance with Nemesis, then it would probably have an actual period of 13,000 years and be in a 20:1 resonance with the hypothetical star.
 
Recently, Walter Cruttenden at the Binary Research Institute has decided that [[Sedna]], a [[scatter disk]] object, actually is in orbital resonance with Nemesis.<ref name=Cruttenden>Staff. "[http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Evidence_Mounts_For_Companion_Star_To_Our_Sun.html Evidence Mounts For Companion Star To Our Sun]." ''SpaceDaily'', April 25, 2006. Accessed June 10, 2008.</ref> Sedna's sidereal year is estimated to be 12,000 Earth years. If Sedna is in resonance with Nemesis, then it would probably have an actual period of 13,000 years and be in a 20:1 resonance with the hypothetical star.
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