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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: null and void
My casserole was a success, as well.
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posted on
05/12/2022 2:30:19 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; ...
402
posted on
05/12/2022 2:31:36 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(Nature, art, silence, simplicity, peace. And fungi.)
To: Darksheare
403
posted on
05/12/2022 4:21:47 AM PDT
by
ArGee
(Well, this year's a bust. I guess I need to start hoping for a good 2023.)
To: Tax-chick; Monkey Face; NicknamedBob; null and void; no-to-illegals; Silentgypsy; ColdOne; ...
Good morning. Happy Friday Eve!
My beeber says we could get up to 86 fs today. Go figure.
How many words can you make from the same 2 letters?
Wordle 327 4/6
🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜
🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜
🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
404
posted on
05/12/2022 4:23:25 AM PDT
by
ArGee
(Well, this year's a bust. I guess I need to start hoping for a good 2023.)
To: ArGee
Good morning. Happy Thorsday to you! It might be warm here today as well. Speaking of which, it’s time to sing Rise and Shine to the youth members of the household.
405
posted on
05/12/2022 4:47:00 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(Nature, art, silence, simplicity, peace. And fungi.)
To: Darksheare
406
posted on
05/12/2022 5:37:32 AM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(If you keep getting the wrong answers to the question, you're not asking the right question.Kaz~DiP )
To: null and void
I have a recipe for glop. I’m sure it’s not the same glop as what you made, and some people have said that the ingredients are those that “should not touch each other,” but it all does in the stomach so....
Anyway, I hope it was tasty!
407
posted on
05/12/2022 5:39:40 AM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(If you keep getting the wrong answers to the question, you're not asking the right question.Kaz~DiP )
To: Tax-chick
Fluffy kitteh!
Good morning. Did you sleep well?
I slept too good, I think. Eleven hours. *yawn* I think I needed it. The weeks will start to run together, now, I think, just because my schedule is so screwy.
408
posted on
05/12/2022 5:42:37 AM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(If you keep getting the wrong answers to the question, you're not asking the right question.Kaz~DiP )
To: Monkey Face
I had Jake on the pillow again. I must have slept, though, because DP told me this morning that there was a major law enforcement incident across the street last night, involving, among other frivolity, the lady’s trying to set the man’s gaming console on fire, which didn’t work. And I didn’t hear a thing.
409
posted on
05/12/2022 5:53:27 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(Nature, art, silence, simplicity, peace. And fungi.)
To: ArGee; Tax-chick; Monkey Face; Allegra; null and void; Silentgypsy; All
Good Friday Morning!
Crazy start to the day, figured it would be a weird Wordle too:
Wordle 327 4/6
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
🟩⬛⬛⬛🟨
🟩🟨⬛⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
410
posted on
05/12/2022 6:14:36 AM PDT
by
zzeeman
("We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality." )
To: Tax-chick
Well! There’s a thing to sleep through! It probably depended upon which stage of sleep you were in. Deep sleep, no, you wouldn’t have heard it.
Idunnobut, if a gaming console was that important to the guy, and I was the lady, I think I’d find another place to live. Jus’ sayin’.
411
posted on
05/12/2022 6:16:13 AM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(If you keep getting the wrong answers to the question, you're not asking the right question.Kaz~DiP )
To: ArGee
Good job, ArGee!
I’m not awake enough, yet...
412
posted on
05/12/2022 6:16:54 AM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(If you keep getting the wrong answers to the question, you're not asking the right question.Kaz~DiP )
To: Monkey Face
The recipe I gave you? Chili on the bottom, cheese in the middle, cornbread on top?
413
posted on
05/12/2022 7:31:28 AM PDT
by
null and void
(We're trapped between too may questions unanaswered, and too many answers unquestioned...)
To: null and void
"In this economy, alien abduction is
the only vacation I can afford!"
414
posted on
05/12/2022 7:35:07 AM PDT
by
null and void
(We're trapped between too may questions unanaswered, and too many answers unquestioned...)
To: zzeeman; ArGee; Allegra; Tax-chick; null and void
Maybe all that sleep did me some good!
Wordle 327 3/6
⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜
🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
415
posted on
05/12/2022 7:41:10 AM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(If you keep getting the wrong answers to the question, you're not asking the right question.Kaz~DiP )
To: zzeeman; ArGee; Monkey Face
Good morning! We’re getting July weather in May. Stop that!
Wordle 327 4/6
⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜
🟩⬜🟩🟨⬜
🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
416
posted on
05/12/2022 7:41:57 AM PDT
by
Allegra
To: Monkey Face
417
posted on
05/12/2022 7:42:46 AM PDT
by
Allegra
To: null and void
Not the same glop!
But yours sounds suspiciously like the Tamale Pie my mother used to make. I finally ran across an old recipe that looks as if it may have been the one she used. I need to make it, because of the tomato/chili factor, it tastes better the second time! ;o]
418
posted on
05/12/2022 7:44:31 AM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(If you keep getting the wrong answers to the question, you're not asking the right question.Kaz~DiP )
To: Allegra
Great job! But then, you usually are very good at this! :o]
419
posted on
05/12/2022 7:45:26 AM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(If you keep getting the wrong answers to the question, you're not asking the right question.Kaz~DiP )
To: Allegra
We’re in the 90s here, and if it weren’t for the humidity, it would feel wonderful. I don’t know what July looks like here. MO, IL, SD and VA, yes — air you can drink and nothing stays dry. So I’ll be saving my “summer” comments for later. Wishing I still had the desert around me!
420
posted on
05/12/2022 7:48:34 AM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(If you keep getting the wrong answers to the question, you're not asking the right question.Kaz~DiP )
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