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RE: DAWN finds organic materials on dwarf planet Ceres!
February 17, 2017 at 6:42 pm
See also Min's thread:
http://atheistforums.org/thread-47802.html
They have found similar compound substrates in meteors years previously.
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RE: DAWN finds organic materials on dwarf planet Ceres!
February 18, 2017 at 3:06 pm
Meteorites. Not meteors.
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RE: DAWN finds organic materials on dwarf planet Ceres!
February 18, 2017 at 6:22 pm
(February 18, 2017 at 3:06 pm)Stimbo Wrote: Meteorites. Not meteors.
There is a difference?
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RE: DAWN finds organic materials on dwarf planet Ceres!
February 18, 2017 at 7:28 pm
All the difference in the world.
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RE: DAWN finds organic materials on dwarf planet Ceres!
February 18, 2017 at 7:29 pm
Impact. much harder to identify complex chemicals whilst the rock is still burning through the upper atmosphere.
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RE: DAWN finds organic materials on dwarf planet Ceres!
February 18, 2017 at 7:34 pm
A meteor is the flash of light emitted by (usually) cometary dust burning up in the atmosphere.
A meteorite is a stony or metallic impactor of asteroidal or planetary origin.
The two are not interchangeable.
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RE: DAWN finds organic materials on dwarf planet Ceres!
February 18, 2017 at 9:01 pm
Either I'm messing with you or I'm really stupid. Your call. Meteor was my brain fart. Not all are metal or stone.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbonaceous_chondrite
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RE: DAWN finds organic materials on dwarf planet Ceres!
February 18, 2017 at 9:08 pm
I didn't think they liked to be called "dwarf planets" planets anymore? I think they like "little bodies" now.
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