Posted on 04/03/2014 11:19:48 PM PDT by Lmo56
A skydiver in Norway captures the first ever footage of a falling meteorite after it has stopped burning.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
Whoa!!!
Sorry to disappoint you but it was debris that fell off the chute when the parachute opened. Definitely should not have been packed in there, but incidents do happen.
I can’t take Norwegians seriously:
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQHX-SjgQvQ
It probably would have just put a hole in the parachute. That thing was going fast, by the way. A meteor will typically burn up in the upper atmosphere, but whatever survives (if relatively small) will slow to terminal velocity and cool upon reaching heavier air. A big chunk will not be slowed in time and usually explode when striking the lower atmosphere.
I saw a meteor during the day once. It looked like it was only a block away but I’m sure it must have been miles. It left a smoke trail which dissipated quickly.
Until you meet a "Viking blood eagle" practitioner.
My thought as well or something dropped from another diver. First giveaway was the speed.. ref:
At some point, usually between 15 to 20 km (9-12 miles or 48,000-63,000 feet) altitude, the meteoroid remnants will decelerate to the point that the ablation process stops, and visible light is no longer generated. This occurs at a speed of about 2-4 km/sec (4500-9000 mph).
From that point onward, the stones will rapidly decelerate further until they are falling at their terminal velocity, which will generally be somewhere between 0.1 and 0.2 km/sec (200 mph to 400 mph). Moving at these rapid speeds, the meteorite(s) will be essentially invisible during this final “dark flight” portion of their fall.
Yup.
As I said the first time:http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3140539/posts
But the skydiver was also traveling at a similar speed so in relation it was not going that fast.
The chute was already open at this point. Rock not going nearly fast enough.
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