This interesting formation exhibits the black and white alternations explained in the Heck Hypothesis. The black sectors indicate the origin of the comet impacts within the solar system. The four rings represent the Oort Cloud, Kuiper Belt, Asteroid belt and the satellites orbiting the earth. The comets destined to impact this planet have been recruited from the three black sectors. This may explain why their trajectories are so diverse. The innermost ring is divided because incoming comets will unavoidably knock a number of satellites out of orbit to send them spiralling down to earth impact. A realistic crop circle would not display the symmetry shown here. The three sectors should not be presumed to be equal in area or equally separated in distance.

Kenneth M Heck (Updated Monday 20th July 2009)