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Earth struck 26 times by asteroids from 2000-2013
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RE: Earth struck 26 times by asteroids from 2000-2013
April 23, 2014 at 2:14 pm
It is only a meteor when it is in the air. The moment it touches ground it is meteorite.
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RE: Earth struck 26 times by asteroids from 2000-2013
April 23, 2014 at 2:42 pm
(April 23, 2014 at 2:14 pm)Chuck Wrote: It is only a meteor when it is in the air. The moment it touches ground it is meteorite.

Were I a pedant, I might suggest that meteorites are what are found after the impact event.

But I'm not, so I won't. Angel
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RE: Earth struck 26 times by asteroids from 2000-2013
April 23, 2014 at 2:52 pm
(April 23, 2014 at 2:42 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote:
(April 23, 2014 at 2:14 pm)Chuck Wrote: It is only a meteor when it is in the air. The moment it touches ground it is meteorite.

Were I a pedant, I might suggest that meteorites are what are found after the impact event.

But I'm not, so I won't. Angel

But asteroids are found after pushing too hard.. or was it hemirods?
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RE: Earth struck 26 times by asteroids from 2000-2013
April 23, 2014 at 6:21 pm
(April 23, 2014 at 2:42 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote:
(April 23, 2014 at 2:14 pm)Chuck Wrote: It is only a meteor when it is in the air. The moment it touches ground it is meteorite.

Were I a pedant, I might suggest that meteorites are what are found after the impact event.

But I'm not, so I won't. Angel

Were I a pedant, I might suggest that meteors are what passes through the air before an impact event.

But I'm not, so I won't.

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RE: Earth struck 26 times by asteroids from 2000-2013
April 24, 2014 at 7:23 pm
This kind of shit scares me. :(
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RE: Earth struck 26 times by asteroids from 2000-2013
April 24, 2014 at 7:27 pm
(April 24, 2014 at 7:23 pm)NoraBrimstone Wrote: This kind of shit scares me. Sad

I simply put stuff like this in the category of "Things I Have No Control Over" and get on with life.

When the Vogons show up, I hope Ford Prefect is nearby - and I know where my towel is.
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RE: Earth struck 26 times by asteroids from 2000-2013
April 24, 2014 at 8:27 pm
(April 23, 2014 at 6:21 pm)Chuck Wrote:
(April 23, 2014 at 2:42 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: Were I a pedant, I might suggest that meteorites are what are found after the impact event.

But I'm not, so I won't. Angel

Were I a pedant, I might suggest that meteors are what passes through the air before an impact event.

But I'm not, so I won't.

Big Grin

Were I even more of a pedant, I might point out that, technically, the appellation meteor is given to the flash of light as the object burns up in the atmosphere. Whatever the case, no meteor has ever hit the ground, by definition.
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RE: Earth struck 26 times by asteroids from 2000-2013
April 25, 2014 at 11:26 am
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RE: Earth struck 26 times by asteroids from 2000-2013
April 25, 2014 at 1:01 pm
Quote:As a Delta Air Lines jet was flying over Arizona on a clear day, the copilot was providing his passengers with a running commentary about landmarks over the PA system.

“Coming up on the right, you can see the Meteor Crater, which is a major tourist attraction in northern Arizona. It was formed 50,000 years ago when a lump of nickel and iron, roughly 150 feet in diameter and weighing 300,000 tons struck the earth at about 40,000 miles an hour, scattering white-hot debris for miles in every direction. The hole measures nearly a mile across and is 570 feet deep.”

From the cabin, a blonde passenger was heard to exclaim, “Wow! It just missed the highway!”
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RE: Earth struck 26 times by asteroids from 2000-2013
April 25, 2014 at 1:08 pm (This post was last modified: April 25, 2014 at 1:10 pm by Anomalocaris.)
(April 25, 2014 at 1:01 pm)Minimalist Wrote: From the cabin, a blonde passenger was heard to exclaim, “Wow! It just missed the highway!”

God Damn! I didn't know the highway was even there before genesis!
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