1 posted on
02/03/2010 11:50:31 AM PST by
TaraP
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Seems like these fireballs falling to earth are a common occurrence now....
2 posted on
02/03/2010 11:51:26 AM PST by
TaraP
(*GOD* made love so strong, so it would carry you all the way home.....)
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3 posted on
02/03/2010 11:53:48 AM PST by
GeronL
(http://tyrannysentinel.blogspot.com)
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Lets see, People all over Ireland see strange light in sky around 6pm...................Were they going into the bar or out?...................
4 posted on
02/03/2010 11:57:13 AM PST by
Red Badger
(Education makes people easy to lead, difficult to drive; easy to govern, but impossible to enslave.)
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5 posted on
02/03/2010 11:57:30 AM PST by
SoldierDad
(Proud Papa of two new Army Brats! Congrats to my Soldier son and his wife.)
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While it would have been travelling at high speed when it was spotted, the rock would have slowed down when it hit the atmosphere. ICBW, but since it was already a fireball, wouldn't it have already been in the atmosphere?
6 posted on
02/03/2010 11:58:01 AM PST by
Roccus
(ABLE DANGER?????...................What's an ABLE DANGER???)
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Wouldn’t it have already been in the earth’s atmosphere by the time it was visible to people on the ground? When it was still in outer space, it wouldn’t have been on fire.
To: TaraP
“...would have been travelling with the force of a small nuclear weapon. ...but it is unlikely to have hurt anyone.”
What's wrong with the above information from the article?
To: TaraP
Astronomy Ireland says there is a very good chance it has landed inland, but it is unlikely to have injured anyone. It was definitely not terrorism related.
11 posted on
02/03/2010 12:02:48 PM PST by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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would have been travelling with the force of a small nuclear weapon. ...
The fireball could have been as large as a desk.
Hyperbole much? Let's say a desk is 1 meter x 1 meter x 2 meters = 2 cubic meters. If the meteor has the same density as granite it will be 5500 kilograms. An item that mass traveling at 25,000 miles per hour (yes, I know, don't mix units) would have the kinetic energy of 343 gigajoules, or about the energy of 80 tons of TNT.
Not even in the "small" nuclear weapon energy.
12 posted on
02/03/2010 12:04:04 PM PST by
KarlInOhio
(Special SOTU tagline: YOU LIE!)
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OH NO!!! We’re ALL gonna DIE!!!
If you watch tv, you’d all KNOW that a meteorite of this size would destroy all life on earth! Just the dust cloud alone would cause a global ice-age! The blast of it’s impact would cause the oceans to shift so much that the planet would begin to break into pieces!
Where’s my foil hat?!?! AAAHHHH!!!!
14 posted on
02/03/2010 12:04:57 PM PST by
J40000
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15 posted on
02/03/2010 12:05:09 PM PST by
NonValueAdded
(Mass. elects Scott Brown. NVA:" for the first time in my adult life I am proud of my birth state")
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When is the tsunmai going to hit the East Coast? **Bad attempt at humor***
16 posted on
02/03/2010 12:07:15 PM PST by
C19fan
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Technically, it ain't a meteorite until it hits the ground.
18 posted on
02/03/2010 12:07:15 PM PST by
wolfpat
(Moderate=Clueless)
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Impossible.
It is a meteor until it hits the ground. Then it is a meteorite (or so I was always taught).
To: TaraP
Meteorite after it hits the ground. Meteror in the air. Did this thing hit the ground and go back into the air?
21 posted on
02/03/2010 12:11:41 PM PST by
mountainlion
(concerned conservative.)
To: TaraP
I don’t want to be the “Language Police” but....
A “Meteor” is the object (the chunk of rock that falls from the sky).
“Meteorite” is the geological name for the material (type of rock) of which that object is composed.
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If people only knew and realized how much we’re being “pummeled” by these rocks and particles from outer space (and have been continuously for as long as we’ve been on this earth) — they might be somewhat scared.
But, ignorance is bliss, in most people’s minds, even though we’ve been pummeled like this for centuries and centuries... :-)
28 posted on
02/03/2010 12:16:40 PM PST by
Star Traveler
(Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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Click the Pic
31 posted on
02/03/2010 12:18:43 PM PST by
Fiddlstix
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Was the return address from Iran?
35 posted on
02/03/2010 12:20:32 PM PST by
tubebender
(Thanks to all the Patriots who support Free Republic financially...)
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The
Barringer Crater, near Winslow, Arizona, was created by a rock about 30 feet across... hoo-boy! :-)
That's almost a mile across...
37 posted on
02/03/2010 12:21:14 PM PST by
Star Traveler
(Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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