Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

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
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 2,401-2,4202,421-2,4402,441-2,460 ... 4,261-4,271 next last
To: Harmless Teddy Bear

Good show!!

👍🏻


2,421 posted on 07/14/2022 5:10:58 AM PDT by zzeeman ("We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality." )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2405 | View Replies]

To: ArGee; Monkey Face; Allegra; null and void; Harmless Teddy Bear; HKMk23; Silentgypsy; Tax-chick

Good Morning!

Hopefully your FiL’s elbow heals up quickly...

Good to see everyone getting back into the Wordle swing... today I am happy to not face the stress of a sixth row guess:

Wordle 390 5/6

⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛
🟨🟨⬛⬛⬛
🟩⬛⬛🟩🟩
🟩🟩⬛🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩


2,422 posted on 07/14/2022 5:35:11 AM PDT by zzeeman ("We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality." )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2420 | View Replies]

To: zzeeman; Allegra; ArGee; Harmless Teddy Bear; Tax-chick; HKMk23; null and void

Not so great today, but at least it wasn’t X/6.

Still, if it had been, tomorrow is another day!

Wordle 390 6/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨
⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜
🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜
🟨⬜⬜🟩🟨
⬜🟩🟨🟩⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩


2,423 posted on 07/14/2022 6:01:05 AM PDT by Monkey Face (~~ Animals would never allow the dumbest of the lot to be the leader of their pack. ~~ Facebook)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2422 | View Replies]

To: Tax-chick

Sweet little floof!

Just what I needed, for sure!

Good morning. I hope you slept well.

I have to sort pills today, but I need to call Kroger, first.

Then get rid of the corpses in the bathroom.


2,424 posted on 07/14/2022 6:05:02 AM PDT by Monkey Face (~~ Animals would never allow the dumbest of the lot to be the leader of their pack. ~~ Facebook)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2418 | View Replies]

To: Monkey Face; ArGee; zzeeman

Good morning!

ArGee, I hope your F-I-L is better today. Is he putting ice on the elbow?

The forecasters say we *might* get a few drops of rain today. We’ll see. 🙏🙏

Pulled a five this morning.

Wordle 390 5/6

⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩
🟨🟩⬜🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩


2,425 posted on 07/14/2022 7:34:18 AM PDT by Allegra
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2423 | View Replies]

To: Tax-chick

Toe beans! ♥️💖


2,426 posted on 07/14/2022 7:34:52 AM PDT by Allegra
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2418 | View Replies]

To: Allegra

Good job!

My brain said it was pretty rough, compared to yesterday’s.


2,427 posted on 07/14/2022 8:29:55 AM PDT by Monkey Face (~~ Animals would never allow the dumbest of the lot to be the leader of their pack. ~~ Facebook)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2425 | View Replies]

To: Allegra; Monkey Face

His mom's face is a lot like Shannon's.

Back from a committee meeting. The next thing is taking James and Vlad back to camp staff. Sally phoned me to say Uptown Charlotte smells like rotten eggs, and the gas company is being cagey. I told her not to light a match!

2,428 posted on 07/14/2022 9:03:30 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Nature, art, silence, simplicity, peace. And fungi.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2426 | View Replies]

To: Monkey Face
No Wordle today or for the next couple days.

Girls only weekend at the Cabin in the Woods. Four generations! Ok, we are allowing one boy. Niece is bringing her baby.

No electronics allowed through. If the world ends they will have to let us know in Morse code.

See y'all in a few days!

2,429 posted on 07/14/2022 9:20:02 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (It is better to light a single flame thrower then curse the darkness. A bunch of them is better yet)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2423 | View Replies]

To: Tax-chick

Rotten eggs is The Chemical! Most men don’t smell it, for some reason, and I had this on good authority when FS was barely three weeks old. Good thing we lived in navy housing, or who know how long it would have been before the leak was fixed.

I’ve had another busy morning and I’m sorry I did because it may make the difference come Sunday.

Mona took me to Kroger to get my prescription, and then I turned to on the field day.

The bathroom and kitchen floors have been swept clean of corpses of any kind and then were mopped, then a new layer of diatomaceous earth was put down to entice more things with more than four legs to become corpses.

Then I sorted my pills, and I’m thinking it must be time for me to take a break of some kind.

I’ll be glad when January comes so I can go to church at 0900 again instead of the current 1130. I’m already dead by then. The stamina is gone and pushing myself to continue it is how I got to where I am.

I think I will call the shelter while I’m sitting here doing nothing.


2,430 posted on 07/14/2022 9:24:59 AM PDT by Monkey Face (~~ Animals would never allow the dumbest of the lot to be the leader of their pack. ~~ Facebook)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2428 | View Replies]

To: Harmless Teddy Bear

Enjoy your Cabin in the Woods!! I know you love it there, and it must be much more fun, now!

I’ll still ping you so you know where we are! ;o] (As if you didn’t know how to find us...)

Prayers for an uneventful time!


2,431 posted on 07/14/2022 9:26:53 AM PDT by Monkey Face (~~ Animals would never allow the dumbest of the lot to be the leader of their pack. ~~ Facebook)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2429 | View Replies]

To: Tax-chick

That DOES look like Shannon, doesn’t it?


2,432 posted on 07/14/2022 9:27:21 AM PDT by Monkey Face (~~ Animals would never allow the dumbest of the lot to be the leader of their pack. ~~ Facebook)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2428 | View Replies]

To: zzeeman

They make Wordle swings?

Cool.


2,433 posted on 07/14/2022 1:17:15 PM PDT by ArGee (It's years like this that explain why presidential campaigns start so early. COME ON 2024!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2422 | View Replies]

To: ArGee
OK. I'm dead.


2,434 posted on 07/14/2022 1:23:56 PM PDT by ArGee (It's years like this that explain why presidential campaigns start so early. COME ON 2024!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2433 | View Replies]

To: Harmless Teddy Bear

Have a wonderful time!


2,435 posted on 07/14/2022 2:22:31 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Nature, art, silence, simplicity, peace. And fungi.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2429 | View Replies]

To: Monkey Face

It sounds like you’ve been busy. I had a nap with Jake. The Spanish Volunteers are meeting tonight, and that goes very late.


2,436 posted on 07/14/2022 2:23:13 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Nature, art, silence, simplicity, peace. And fungi.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2430 | View Replies]

To: Tax-chick

Yes. Too busy. Once again, I didn’t allow myself to rest. I know better.

The Spanish Volunteers have a good time, don’t they? I hope your nap was a long one! ;o]


2,437 posted on 07/14/2022 3:22:54 PM PDT by Monkey Face (~~ Animals would never allow the dumbest of the lot to be the leader of their pack. ~~ Facebook)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2436 | View Replies]

To: Monkey Face

Over an hour, with some cat intervention. I like the Spanish Volunteers - just not staying up late!


2,438 posted on 07/14/2022 3:40:12 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Nature, art, silence, simplicity, peace. And fungi.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2437 | View Replies]

To: ArGee

They do... I sit in mine almost every morning...


2,439 posted on 07/14/2022 4:20:51 PM PDT by zzeeman ("We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality." )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2433 | View Replies]

To: Tax-chick
His mom's face is a lot like Shannon's.

That’s a beautiful kitteh-face. 😻

2,440 posted on 07/14/2022 10:38:58 PM PDT by Allegra
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2428 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 2,401-2,4202,421-2,4402,441-2,460 ... 4,261-4,271 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson