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https://www.space.com/meteorite-hit-ala ... s-ago.html
Thanks for finding and putting up this interesting link Larry and the best of regards.
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Man... That's some icky-tasting stuff!
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They say, statistically, 6% of people can be hit by a meteorite yearly.
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Interesting. Do they break that down by size? Big difference between being clonked by a baseball versus a grain of salt.
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I tried to put this information to the previous post.
But there are several points to be considered:
- if it is a one person, than the size should be small enough not to hit building blocks;
- the meteorites explode, and it depends to their speed and compound.
It should be something not big and explosive near earth.
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Quite scary when you think that the larger ones that get through can have such devastating results.
Thank you @Chich Larry for posting that article.
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IIRC the size distribution follows a power law.
May have to do some digging to find it again.
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Anyway that meteorite should be worth quite a lot of money
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Apparently meteorites are fairly cool when they land. There have been reports of some even having frost on them. Granted the list of ones seen and/or handled right after landing is small but as I understand it they are very cold to start with and most of the heat is generated high in the atmosphere so they slow and can cool back down by the time they land. Plus there is ablation of the hot outer layers so it gets stripped away.
If anyone knows for sure, please weigh in.
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Chich wrote: ↑Sat Oct 16, 2021 7:49 amApparently meteorites are fairly cool when they land. There have been reports of some even having frost on them. Granted the list of ones seen and/or handled right after landing is small but as I understand it they are very cold to start with and most of the heat is generated high in the atmosphere so they slow and can cool back down by the time they land. Plus there is ablation of the hot outer layers so it gets stripped away.
If anyone knows for sure, please weigh in.
Rocks as small as the one in this incident slow to terminal velocity in the troposphere. That gives them time to lose heat to air stream as they fall.
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my guess is there is way more meteors hitting earth then thought -
in last year I have seen 6- 8 ish meteors by eye -
cams have recorded 400 that are 3/4 second and longer
lots of stuff flying around -
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Edit : Seems that being able to associate a specific meteorite with an observed meteor is actually rather rare.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteorite_fall
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