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Pieces of ‘fireball’ meteor that exploded over Mississippi are being found, NASA says
NOLA.com ^
| 2 May 2022
| MARK PRICE
Posted on 05/03/2022 7:07:46 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
Meteorites are not ‘flaming rocks of doom,' NASA says
The “bright fireball” was traveling at 35,000 mph when it exploded at 8:03 a.m. with the “energy equivalent of 3 tons of TNT,” according to NASA Meteor Watch, the agency's project that tracks fireball activity.
“Existing law states that any meteorites belong to the owner of the property on which they fell; out of respect for the privacy of those in the area, we will not disclose the locations of these finds,”
And finding anything of value is likely harder than you think.
“The pieces from this object were way too small to leave a crater. Unlike what you see in the movies, meteorites are not ‘flaming rocks of doom’ that blast holes in the ground. In fact, you can pick one up right after it hits ground. So no smoking rocks in small craters.”
(Excerpt) Read more at nola.com ...
TOPICS: Astronomy; Chit/Chat; Outdoors; Science
KEYWORDS: astronomy; catastrophism; meteor; meteorite; meteors; mississippi; science
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To: Chode; Tax-chick; ArGee; Darksheare; Dead Corpse; null and void; no-to-illegals; HKMk23; moose07; ..
W00t! and I hope all the wonderful UT dads have had an equally wonderful Father's Day!
Sweet dreams, y'all....
1,701
posted on
06/19/2022 7:11:43 PM PDT
by
Silentgypsy
(In my defense, I was left unsupervised.)
To: Silentgypsy
Sure did... Hot today, almost 100
0F here... But I still spent most of the day working on my boat.
Good day. :-)
1,702
posted on
06/19/2022 10:25:04 PM PDT
by
Dead Corpse
(A Psalm in napalm...)
To: Chode
W00t!
I hope your day was great, Chode! ;o]
1,703
posted on
06/20/2022 12:22:34 AM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(~~ Animals would never allow the dumbest of the lot to be the leader of their pack. ~~ Facebook)
To: Silentgypsy
Hiya, SG! I hope you had a good day!
Take care of you!
1,704
posted on
06/20/2022 12:23:39 AM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(~~ Animals would never allow the dumbest of the lot to be the leader of their pack. ~~ Facebook)
To: Dead Corpse
Sounds like the perfect day!
Golly. Where could you use a boat in MN? *snort*
1,705
posted on
06/20/2022 12:24:43 AM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(~~ Animals would never allow the dumbest of the lot to be the leader of their pack. ~~ Facebook)
To: Tax-chick
I hope your day goes better than expected!
1,706
posted on
06/20/2022 12:54:20 AM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(~~ Animals would never allow the dumbest of the lot to be the leader of their pack. ~~ Facebook)
To: Monkey Face
1,707
posted on
06/20/2022 2:21:10 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(Nature, art, silence, simplicity, peace. And fungi.)
To: Tax-chick; dakine; GOPJ; fanfan; ColdOne; Cyber Liberty; null and void; Anoreth; Monkey Face; ...
1,708
posted on
06/20/2022 2:22:07 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(Nature, art, silence, simplicity, peace. And fungi.)
To: Tax-chick
Yeah...”The land of 10,000 lakes!” I’m sure there isn’t that many but there are an awful lot of them.
1,709
posted on
06/20/2022 4:42:44 AM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(~~ Animals would never allow the dumbest of the lot to be the leader of their pack. ~~ Facebook)
To: Tax-chick
Sweet little kitteh!
Sorry. I took a nap and now I need to go hang up the clothes. I was just exhausted.
I hope your day at camp is a good one. :o]
1,710
posted on
06/20/2022 4:44:38 AM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(~~ Animals would never allow the dumbest of the lot to be the leader of their pack. ~~ Facebook)
To: Monkey Face
There’s actually quite a few more than 10,000.
1,711
posted on
06/20/2022 4:44:45 AM PDT
by
jjotto
( Blessed are You LORD, who crushes enemies and subdues the wicked.)
To: jjotto
That doesn’t surprise me at all! I know there are an awful lot of them because I’ve seen quite a few. It may explain why it’s so cold there in the winter. Nothing between MN and Canada but a barbed wire fence. (Or as we say out west — “bob war” fence.)
1,712
posted on
06/20/2022 4:57:03 AM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(~~ Animals would never allow the dumbest of the lot to be the leader of their pack. ~~ Facebook)
To: Monkey Face; null and void; HKMk23; Allegra; ArGee; Tax-chick
Good Monday Morning!
Hoping that all had a nice weekend and are having a nice start to the new week...
Another lucky second row has set me up with a good start to the Wordle week:
Wordle 366 3/6
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1,713
posted on
06/20/2022 5:41:08 AM PDT
by
zzeeman
("We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality." )
To: zzeeman; Monkey Face; ArGee
Good Monday morning to all! I hope everyone is doing well.
I seem to be stuck on the five-train. 😖
Wordle 366 5/6
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To: Allegra; ArGee; zzeeman; null and void; HKMk23; Tax-chick
I surprised myself this morning!
Wordle 366 3/6
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1,715
posted on
06/20/2022 6:58:04 AM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(~~ Animals would never allow the dumbest of the lot to be the leader of their pack. ~~ Facebook)
To: Monkey Face; zzeeman
Way to go, both of you! 👍
To: Allegra
Thanks!
I’m very tired this morning, so I wasn’t sure how it was going to turn out. I’ll take it!
1,717
posted on
06/20/2022 7:11:49 AM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(~~ Animals would never allow the dumbest of the lot to be the leader of their pack. ~~ Facebook)
To: zzeeman
1,718
posted on
06/20/2022 7:12:06 AM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(~~ Animals would never allow the dumbest of the lot to be the leader of their pack. ~~ Facebook)
To: Allegra
Great!
I always console myself with, “At least it wasn’t X/6!” Yeah. Like that!
1,719
posted on
06/20/2022 7:13:07 AM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(~~ Animals would never allow the dumbest of the lot to be the leader of their pack. ~~ Facebook)
To: Allegra; Monkey Face
1,720
posted on
06/20/2022 9:38:22 AM PDT
by
zzeeman
("We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality." )
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