Simulations show that the material of an incoming asteroid is compressed by the increasing resistance of Earth’s atmosphere. As it penetrates deeper, the more and more resistant atmospheric wall causes it to explode as an airburst that precipitates the downward flow of heated gas.
5 posted on 12/18/2007 10:38:01 AM PST by frithguild
(Then we could even disgorge the Fed of its powers and establish a free-market monetary system.)
