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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: zzeeman
Well, if I hadn’t had a lucky 2nd guess, and one I don’t like to do so early, I might have never gotten today’s.
2,821
posted on
07/27/2022 10:21:28 AM PDT
by
ArGee
(It's years like this that explain why presidential campaigns start so early. COME ON 2024!)
To: Harmless Teddy Bear
4 hour drive? Nobody to bug you?
Is there a downside?
2,822
posted on
07/27/2022 10:22:06 AM PDT
by
ArGee
(It's years like this that explain why presidential campaigns start so early. COME ON 2024!)
To: Harmless Teddy Bear
2,823
posted on
07/27/2022 11:13:26 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(Nature, art, silence, simplicity, peace. And fungi.)
To: Monkey Face
I have a meeting in a little while, so I’ll have to leave Tom in charge of the expected arrival of the new sofa.
2,824
posted on
07/27/2022 11:13:59 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(Nature, art, silence, simplicity, peace. And fungi.)
To: ArGee; Harmless Teddy Bear; Tax-chick; Allegra
Yeah, that’s all of us non-liberal folks. Although, here, there aren’t many liberals, for which I’m very glad.
2,825
posted on
07/27/2022 11:17:22 AM PDT
by
Monkey Face
( ~~ We can't all be George Washingtons, but we can all be patriots. ~~ FB )
To: Tax-chick
2,826
posted on
07/27/2022 11:17:57 AM PDT
by
ArGee
(It's years like this that explain why presidential campaigns start so early. COME ON 2024!)
To: Tax-chick
Let’s hope he rises to the occasion.
I heard some sounds resembling someone tossing heavy things into the dumpster, but then they got closer. Not garbage.
It’s thunder. No rain, but thunder. Lots of it.
2,827
posted on
07/27/2022 11:19:48 AM PDT
by
Monkey Face
( ~~ We can't all be George Washingtons, but we can all be patriots. ~~ FB )
To: Monkey Face
2,828
posted on
07/27/2022 11:22:23 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(Nature, art, silence, simplicity, peace. And fungi.)
To: Tax-chick
That’s a bonus, for sure! With any luck, the sofa has arrived and was put in the proper location.
This has been a strange day here, and that’s the truth! Even my body feels strange. Can’t seem to figure that one out at all. Normally, I have pretty good insight about it, but today, it’s like, “meh.”
2,829
posted on
07/27/2022 1:19:25 PM PDT
by
Monkey Face
( ~~ We can't all be George Washingtons, but we can all be patriots. ~~ FB )
To: Monkey Face
As it turned out, Tom had vanished when the sofa arrived, but I was here. I will send you a picture. Then I’ll go lie down.
2,830
posted on
07/27/2022 1:30:55 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(Nature, art, silence, simplicity, peace. And fungi.)
To: Monkey Face
2,831
posted on
07/27/2022 1:33:34 PM PDT
by
ArGee
(It's years like this that explain why presidential campaigns start so early. COME ON 2024!)
To: ArGee
2,832
posted on
07/27/2022 1:42:32 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(Nature, art, silence, simplicity, peace. And fungi.)
To: ArGee
Yes, I saw that yesterday. Kinda made me sad...
2,833
posted on
07/27/2022 2:05:52 PM PDT
by
Monkey Face
( ~~ We can't all be George Washingtons, but we can all be patriots. ~~ FB )
To: Tax-chick
Beautiful sofa!! Too bad, Tom! Your mom already sat on it!
2,834
posted on
07/27/2022 2:06:37 PM PDT
by
Monkey Face
( ~~ We can't all be George Washingtons, but we can all be patriots. ~~ FB )
To: Monkey Face
It’s true, I did! It’s too high off the ground for me, though. I have my Official Short-Person Chair.
2,835
posted on
07/27/2022 3:17:21 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(Nature, art, silence, simplicity, peace. And fungi.)
To: Harmless Teddy Bear
Both.
I’m not a cook, am completely hopeless with any attempts to do so.
And I am just too impatient and distracted when it comes to wordle.
2,836
posted on
07/27/2022 3:31:49 PM PDT
by
Darksheare
(Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same. )
To: ArGee; ColdOne; Conspiracy Guy; Cyber Liberty; Darksheare; Dead Corpse; fanfan; ...
Nicely done!
Pulled a rabbit out of the hat this evening.
I guessed this 5-letter word in 3/6 tries, and “guess” was definitely the operative term this time.
🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛
🟩⬛🟩⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Can you guess this word?
https://wordlegame.org?challenge=c2NvZmY
2,837
posted on
07/27/2022 5:21:55 PM PDT
by
HKMk23
(https://youtu.be/LTseTg48568)
To: Monkey Face
It was a real struggle today, ‘Face...
I don’t think that I ever had a start with so many misses...
🤷🏽♂️
2,838
posted on
07/27/2022 5:47:38 PM PDT
by
zzeeman
("We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality." )
To: ArGee
After row four, I was beginning to think that the word wasn’t an English word!
By the time I had typed in the actual solution... it didn’t look like a word to me at first!
🤔
2,839
posted on
07/27/2022 5:50:48 PM PDT
by
zzeeman
("We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality." )
To: Harmless Teddy Bear
Looks like your start was very rocky as well... good job persevering!!
2,840
posted on
07/27/2022 5:51:35 PM PDT
by
zzeeman
("We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality." )
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