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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.”
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TOPICS: Astronomy; Chit/Chat; Outdoors; Science
KEYWORDS: astronomy; catastrophism; meteor; meteorite; meteors; mississippi; science
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To: Monkey Face
1,721
posted on
06/20/2022 9:38:57 AM PDT
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zzeeman
("We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality." )
To: zzeeman
1,722
posted on
06/20/2022 11:58:44 AM PDT
by
null and void
(If I had a buck for every girl that found me unattractive, they would eventually find me attractive!)
To: null and void
1,723
posted on
06/20/2022 12:05:12 PM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(~~ Animals would never allow the dumbest of the lot to be the leader of their pack. ~~ Facebook)
To: null and void
1,724
posted on
06/20/2022 1:00:16 PM PDT
by
zzeeman
("We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality." )
To: Monkey Face
Day Camp survived, Day 1. No disasters.
1,725
posted on
06/20/2022 2:24:10 PM PDT
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Tax-chick
(Nature, art, silence, simplicity, peace. And fungi.)
To: Tax-chick
Excellent! I hope the weather cooperated!
1,726
posted on
06/20/2022 2:54:51 PM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(~~ Animals would never allow the dumbest of the lot to be the leader of their pack. ~~ Facebook)
To: Monkey Face
It was quite nice, only in the 80s in the afternoon. It’s supposed to get hotter as the week goes on and maybe storm on Thursday, I think.
I have archery again tomorrow, and then I will do other stuff the rest of the week.
1,727
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06/20/2022 3:08:30 PM PDT
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Tax-chick
(Nature, art, silence, simplicity, peace. And fungi.)
To: Tax-chick
1,728
posted on
06/20/2022 3:19:35 PM PDT
by
zzeeman
("We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality." )
To: Tax-chick
Yes, we’re expecting some temps above 100° before the week is out. I hope it’s dry!!
I’m going to make an entry in the CFIDS log and then shut this down for the night.
Here’s hoping you have a good night!
1,729
posted on
06/20/2022 3:46:00 PM PDT
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Monkey Face
(~~ Animals would never allow the dumbest of the lot to be the leader of their pack. ~~ Facebook)
To: zzeeman
1,730
posted on
06/20/2022 4:43:03 PM PDT
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Tax-chick
(Nature, art, silence, simplicity, peace. And fungi.)
To: Monkey Face; ArGee; ColdOne; Conspiracy Guy; Cyber Liberty; Darksheare; Dead Corpse; fanfan; ...
Woo-hoo!
I got an unusual word of Japanese culinary origin.
After my 3rd guess, it struck me as possible, but I hesitated to go for it, since it’s not English.
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06/21/2022 1:00:01 AM PDT
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HKMk23
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To: HKMk23; dakine; GOPJ; fanfan; ColdOne; Cyber Liberty; null and void; Tax-chick; Anoreth; ...
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06/21/2022 2:17:24 AM PDT
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Tax-chick
(Nature, art, silence, simplicity, peace. And fungi.)
To: Tax-chick; Monkey Face; NicknamedBob; null and void; no-to-illegals; Silentgypsy; ColdOne; ...
Good morning. Happy Twosday!
I was off yesterday because Juneteenth is now a holiday. I think it’s a good thing to remember, but I wish we hadn’t just added one. Something else should have been removed for it. It’s also a little annoying to have Memorial Day, Juneteenth, and Independence Day all so close together. Oh well.
Back to the grind.
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06/21/2022 4:32:34 AM PDT
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ArGee
(Well, this year's a bust. I guess I need to start hoping for a good 2023.)
To: ArGee; Tax-chick; Monkey Face; Allegra; null and void; HKMk23
Good Morning!
Back to the FORTRAN for me:
Wordle 367 4/6
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06/21/2022 5:34:35 AM PDT
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zzeeman
("We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality." )
To: zzeeman; ArGee; Allegra; Tax-chick; HKMk23; null and void
I’m scared of myself, now!
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06/21/2022 7:00:55 AM PDT
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Monkey Face
(~~ Animals would never allow the dumbest of the lot to be the leader of their pack. ~~ Facebook)
To: Monkey Face
1,736
posted on
06/21/2022 7:59:57 AM PDT
by
zzeeman
("We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality." )
To: zzeeman
I remember FORTRAN, back from the FORTRAN IV days.
1,737
posted on
06/21/2022 8:07:33 AM PDT
by
ArGee
(Well, this year's a bust. I guess I need to start hoping for a good 2023.)
To: zzeeman
Good morning.
I haven’t heard FORTRAN used since the days of the late (not-so-great) Igor. It was most often spoken with the acronym COBOL.
1,738
posted on
06/21/2022 8:14:43 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
Kitteh is going for camouflage today!
Good morning, and I’m sorry I missed you. I hope your second day of came goes well!
1,739
posted on
06/21/2022 8:15:47 AM PDT
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Monkey Face
(~~ Animals would never allow the dumbest of the lot to be the leader of their pack. ~~ Facebook)
To: Monkey Face
...I hope your second day of came goes well!I hope your second day of camp goes well!
1,740
posted on
06/21/2022 8:18:25 AM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(~~ Animals would never allow the dumbest of the lot to be the leader of their pack. ~~ Facebook)
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