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To: LibWhacker
it didn’t seem to break the sound barrier as it entered. It was going very fast and would have been burning at about 2,000 degrees

A meteor not breaking the sound barrier? Wow that's pretty slow. Something going that slow is not going to glow or burn. She contradicts herself.

To clarify, a meteorite is smaller than a metre in diameter and they are not that rare.

Any one with grade school science knows that size does not determine what makes a metorite. A meteor becomes a meteorite only if it reaches the ground.

21 posted on 12/15/2008 3:19:37 AM PST by feedback doctor (The first female president will be a Conservative Republican)
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To: feedback doctor

Meteorites land at room temperature, basically. THe idea that they’re glowing or hot comes from the movies.


28 posted on 12/15/2008 5:05:12 AM PST by Strategerist
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To: feedback doctor
A meteor not breaking the sound barrier? Wow that's pretty slow. Something going that slow is not going to glow or burn. She contradicts herself.

Meteors slow down drastically when they hit the atmosphere. Because they contact the atmosphere at very high speed, they get frictionally heated immediately, then rapidly slow down enough to be seen moving slowly, and still glowing.

36 posted on 12/15/2008 6:31:53 AM PST by BlazingArizona
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