Strip 332 -- First Seen: 2009-12-22
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The Transcript For This Page

Panel 1
Closer shot of the Newsreader, asking what he thinks is a pointed question.
Newsreader: But Professor, how can there be a specific location in the Belt with all those asteroids just whizzing about?

Panel 2
Closer shot of Harmon, patiently explaining to an idiot student.

Harmon: It's fairly straightforward.

Harmon: Every object in the Belt, or anywhere in the System, has unique 'orbital parameters': aphelion, eccentricity, inclination, etc.

Panel 3
Close-up of Newsreader, trying to look like he's following but, not really.

Harmon (OP): So, with a bit of math, you can define an orbit and then compute where the object is in that orbit at any given time.

Panel 4
Harmon again.

Harmon: However, we share no common language, math or 'epoch' with the alie … with whomever carved those runes and diagrams.