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Small Asteroid Passes Between Satellites and Earth
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| 22 December 2004
| Robert Roy Britt
Posted on 12/23/2004 6:32:27 AM PST by ckilmer
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posted on
12/23/2004 6:32:28 AM PST
by
ckilmer
To: ckilmer
Asteroid? Not a meteorite? Are they just trying the sound dramatic?
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posted on
12/23/2004 6:34:13 AM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
(The fourth estate is a fifth column.)
To: ckilmer
That's the tiniest asteroid I've ever heard of. It's the size of a meteorite.
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posted on
12/23/2004 6:34:30 AM PST
by
cake_crumb
(Leftist Credo: "One Wing to Rule Them all and to the Dark Side Bind Them")
To: ClearCase_guy
You beat me to it. Sounds like they're trying to be dramatic.
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posted on
12/23/2004 6:35:09 AM PST
by
cake_crumb
(Leftist Credo: "One Wing to Rule Them all and to the Dark Side Bind Them")
To: ClearCase_guy
yeah it does sound dramatic.
I think what's got them exercised is how close the thing came and that that they saw late but in real time.
sort of like thousands of years ago when they first started farming and realized their crops depended on the seasons and then began to wonder if spring would return...
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posted on
12/23/2004 6:37:12 AM PST
by
ckilmer
To: cake_crumb
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posted on
12/23/2004 6:37:13 AM PST
by
dmcnash
(Just a moment, Just a moment, I just picked up a fault in the AE-35 unit.)
To: ckilmer
It was a spaceship disguised as an Asteroid.
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posted on
12/23/2004 6:37:26 AM PST
by
Conspiracy Guy
(For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, ... Remember this.)
To: ClearCase_guy
No, asteroid is the correct term. It would remain correct if it were the size of a grain of sand, though it'd admittedly sound a little silly.
Oh, and because I'm an engineer:
Meteoroid: a rock in space
Meteor: A space rock entering the atmosphere
Meteorite: A space rock that has hit the ground.
To: orionblamblam
Is asteroid the general term for all of the above? The news story seems to be about a "Meteoroid: a rock in space", so I'm curious why they didn't use that term.
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posted on
12/23/2004 6:45:21 AM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
(The fourth estate is a fifth column.)
To: ClearCase_guy; orionblamblam
If I remember correctly, the AP Handbook advises using "asteroid" for all space rocks that don't enter the atmosphere in order to avoid confusion. Most American journalists follow AP style.
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posted on
12/23/2004 6:49:25 AM PST
by
AntiGuv
(™)
To: ClearCase_guy
"Not a meteorite?"
Nope. Did not hit the Earth.
Meteoroid? Yes, 'cause is flew by.
To: ClearCase_guy; orionblamblam
Often the smaller asteroids are called meteoroids and the larger ones are called planetoids. Note: Even though a planetoid can approach the size of a moon, since it is in solar orbit, it cannot be classified as a moon.
To: cake_crumb
That's the tiniest asteroid I've ever heard of. It's the size of a meteorite. Meteorites are asteroids that reach the ground. There is no size limit that differentiates one from the other.
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posted on
12/23/2004 6:53:31 AM PST
by
Junior
(FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC)
To: ckilmer
I thought only Uranus had asteroids....
Heh, heh, hehh, heh
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posted on
12/23/2004 6:53:49 AM PST
by
Hatteras
To: orionblamblam
Meteorite: A space rock that has hit the ground And if it hits water is it a Meteorine?
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posted on
12/23/2004 6:56:04 AM PST
by
ASA Vet
(Those who know don't talk. Those who talk don't know.)
To: ASA Vet
To: orionblamblam
Meteoriod is probably the most accurate term. (Same source defines "asteroid" as being between several kilometers and several hundred kilometers in diameter.) It's like the distinction between "ship" and "boat".
meteoroid (mê´tê-e-roid´) noun
A solid body, moving in space, that is smaller than an asteroid and at least as large as a speck of dust.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition copyright © 1992 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Electronic version licensed from INSO Corporation; further reproduction and distribution restricted in accordance with the Copyright Law of the United States. All rights reserved.
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posted on
12/23/2004 7:05:22 AM PST
by
Lonesome in Massachussets
(NYT Headline: "The Protocols of the Learned Elders of CBS", Fake But Accurate, Experts Say)
To: ckilmer
The space rock was relatively small, however, and would not have posed any danger had it plunged into the atmosphere
16 feet wide.
About like a VW Bug hitting ya in the head.......maybe it wouldn't pose any danger, but it sure could leave a dent in the cranium.
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posted on
12/23/2004 7:06:43 AM PST
by
TomGuy
(America: Best friend or worst enemy. Choose wisely.)
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
It's like the distinction between "ship" and "boat". How big does a sail boat have to be before it becomes a ship?
A friend of mine is buying a 118' sail boat.
He didn't know the answer.
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posted on
12/23/2004 7:11:52 AM PST
by
ASA Vet
(Those who know don't talk. Those who talk don't know.)
To: ASA Vet
"...a sail boat have to be before it becomes a ship?"
At 118' it might be a sailing ship. If it was 118", then sailboat would be fine.
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