A comet could change course when passing a planet due to:
The four outer planets are composed of mostly gases and:
- <em>Hydrogen and Helium</em>
Since radio waves, microwaves, infrared rays, visible light, ultraviolet rays, X-rays, and gamma rays are all emitted by the Sun, you could assume that the Sun emits a large part of the:
- <em>Gamma Rays Spectrum</em>
It doubled the size of us and gave them more material
I believe this would send two kinds of messages:
- lack of security: any time new war could be called and people killed, which means that long-term planning was difficult
-weakening of authority: any time other leader could take over and might want to "take revenge" on those supporting the current leader, which gives people incentive to be very careful in supporting their leaders