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Asteroid 'Hit Northern Russia'
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| 10-4-2002
Posted on 10/05/2002 12:02:00 PM PDT by blam
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To: shadowman99
Are there any astronomers in our ranks? This stat seems very high. I would think that if 30 astronds hit with this sort of impact each year that a city would have disappeared by now. Because cities are somewhat rare in the upper atmosphere, where most of these blasts occur. And even if 30 atomic blast-sized asteroid explosions occured randomly each year on the Earth's surface, which isn't the case, the odds of them blowing up in a densely populated area are extraordinarily remote.
To: blam
So which is it? An asteroid, or a meteorite?
To: RightOnTheLeftCoast
The stone passed to the prophet Mohammed who built it into the wall of the Ka'ba Sure the "to" really isn't "from"?
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posted on
10/05/2002 12:23:33 PM PDT
by
Mulder
To: shadowman99
Here is a link I found regarding "snowball" comets and the theory that our oceans are the result of a continuous cometary bombardment.
Sone Cones at the State Fair?
To: shadowman99
I would think that if 30 astronds hit with this sort of impact each year that a city would have disappeared by now.I would think that the equivalent of 30 nukes a year going off in the atmosphere would be rather more noticeable than it is, wouldn't it?
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posted on
10/05/2002 12:25:20 PM PDT
by
templar
To: OldFriend
Or New Joisey........ On the Trenton NJDMV offices to be more precise.
Private gripe
To: blam
"Someone set us up the asteroid"?
To: shadowman99
Most of the impacts are absorbed in the atmosphere.
To: Chad Fairbanks
"So which is it? An asteroid, or a meteorite?" Sounds like the jury is still out, huh?
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posted on
10/05/2002 12:29:54 PM PDT
by
blam
To: blam; All
I keep telling you guys, God throws rocks!
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posted on
10/05/2002 12:30:49 PM PDT
by
CyberAnt
To: templar
"I would think that the equivalent of 30 nukes a year going off in the atmosphere would be rather more noticeable than it is, wouldn't it?" I actually posted a thread on one that exploded off the California coast last year.
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posted on
10/05/2002 12:31:29 PM PDT
by
blam
To: blam
I'm a little skeptical of this "nuclear-sized impact" 30 times a year ....
I've been reading about these since hte early 60's and have neever seen that number before.....
To: blam
Oh, kewl! Feels like 1908 all over again. Did they see that they missed and fired another shot? Hmmmm. We could put it on a range ring--OK, range sphere if we allow for the light propagation speed. 94 years since 1908, divide by two for the one-way distance. Somebody 47 light years away is shooting at Siberia.
To: blam
One point... An asteroid is a larger object than a meteor. Meteorites routinely hit Earth, but large events seldom occur in a person's lifetime. However, given the larger scope of human development in our lifetimes, chances are increasing that meteorities could cause problems. The Tunguska event has been theorized to be either cometary debris or a meteorite. Meteor strikes should have created substantial debris and crating. If memory serves, scientists were unable to locate an impact site. Thus, the cometary explanation (being ice and methane) surfaced.
To: templar
I would think that the equivalent of 30 nukes a year going off in the atmosphere would be rather more noticeable than it is, wouldn't it?There was an account, back in the seventies I believe, of airline passengers near Alaska noticing a huge explosion out their windows. There were no other reports. So yes, it is amazing that such things can happen without our taking greater notice.
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10/05/2002 12:33:24 PM PDT
by
JoeSchem
To: Piltdown_Woman
These things shouldn't be happening in an intelligently designed universe.
To: blam
Well, when the headline reads asteroid, and the first sentence of the article says Meteorite, well, it was just a question crying out to be asked.... :0)
To: blam
This omen should not flim-flam us
I read it first in Nostradamus.
Leni
To: PatrickHenry
These things shouldn't be happening in an intelligently designed universe. neither should Barry Manilow, rap, or Rosie O'Donell.
To: PatrickHenry
These things shouldn't be happening in an intelligently designed universe.
Why is that?
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