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To: mdmathis6

Also, wouldn't something that large have left an impact crater?


6 posted on 08/18/2004 7:23:34 PM PDT by AngrySpud (Behold, I am The Anti-Crust ... Anti-Hillary)
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To: AngrySpud
Also, wouldn't something that large have left an impact crater?

It would if it hit the earth at umpteen thousand miles an hour. However, if it was part of something larger that fragmented in the outer atmosphere, bled off speed and slowed to terminal velocity before hitting, it could just fall. They find meteorite chunks lying on the surface all the time. Here's one example.
9 posted on 08/18/2004 8:28:29 PM PDT by beezdotcom (I'm usually either right or wrong...)
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