The Plush Red Silk Rug

By D. E. Harrison

A comet is starting its journey back to its sun. It has made the trip once to often; this will be its last trip. Its trip through the asteroid belt has shifted some orbits toward the earth.

A call is made to China, “It will impact in northern China.”
The prediction was correct. The Chinese military assume complete control of the impact area. Shortly another sighting is made. The second impact is within inches of the first impact. These objects were small, under 50 pounds.

Telescopes sight a large asteroid headed toward earth. All reports say that it will be fly-by, nothing to worry about.
The ‘Madam’ knows the asteroid will increase in speed at a certain point in space. This will be like the other two impacts. But she has no idea why. The scientific community continues to report a fly-by and does not know what is about to happen There is more than gravity at work here.

The Madam’s calculations project the possible line of destruction from Portland, USA to Vladivostok, Russia. It all depends on the speed increase. They are all on the 45th degrees north or 2-degrees south.
Can anyone stop this event when everyone is still saying a fly-by? What does a particle wave function have to do with this?

How did the Madam acquire a Plush Red Silk Rug for her Penthouse

• Language: English
• Publisher: D. E. Harrison
• Release date: Jun 26, 2019
• ISBN: 9780463649763

D. E. Harrison

I am trained as a theoretical mathematician. I am an emeritus member of the American Mathematical Society for fifty odd years. I have lived in Seattle since 1967. I starting writing fiction after writing a family history.

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The Plush Red Silk Rug

By D. E. Harrison

Copyright 2019 by D. E. Harrison

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Table of Contents

Prologue

Chapter 1 First Contact

Chapter 2 Impact

Chapter 3 A Second Sighting

Chapter 4 Impact Again

Chapter 5 The Results

Chapter 6 Continue Trying to Understand

Chapter 7 Additional Impacts

Chapter 8 the Impact is Coming

Chapter 9 Decision Time

Chapter 10 Point of No Return

Epilogue

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Prologue

A deep space project is looking at asteroids. The man with the money is having cheap graduate students review screens, pictures, and numbers for asteroids.

He says, "You have their paths plus their error windows. We are looking for those outside that window and any news ones that might have moved. When you reach 10 or so hits, we will move to one of the space telescopes for a more detailed and current view.

I want to go over those sectors that may send us some visitors in two or three years. I am not interested in an object that will cross our orbit while we are on the other side and six months away!

He pauses, If you have a suspected asteroid, investigate what has moved it. That is likely more important than the asteroid. Have fun.

Ted says to June, Want to look together, say out in the natural moon light?

She smiles, With you, I prefer the natural sunlight; but sure, four eyes are better than two, but don’t say blue eyes are even better.

She pushes a stack of plates toward him, I want some time on a space telescope and you are going to help get me there, then we might talk about the natural moon light.

Ted works harder than anyone looking for the slightest movement of an asteroid from its orbit.

In two weeks, "June, look at this one. I know it is still in its window but look at a few close by. They have all