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post Mar 11 2005, 08:23 PM
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i saw it in this magazine and they said something about it coming to the U.S. huh.gif
 
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post Mar 11 2005, 08:32 PM
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O____o

omg.... what magazine?
 
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post Mar 11 2005, 08:34 PM
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Do you really believe everything you hear?
 
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post Mar 11 2005, 08:34 PM
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omg really?? is there like a website saying that.. thats scary ohmy.gif
 
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post Mar 11 2005, 08:37 PM
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idk and i didnt hear it i saw it in a magazine..i forgot which one it was though...man im scared i mite hit the US or somewhere elase
 
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post Mar 11 2005, 09:12 PM
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Hey meteors head to earth all the time.. but by the time they actually get to earth, they've turned into a little piece of a pebble.
 
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post Mar 11 2005, 09:16 PM
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^ yeah, and certain magazines are nothing but myths! I wouldn't believe it until you knew it came from a reliable source.
 
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post Mar 11 2005, 09:20 PM
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yes, a meteor is coming.

so run along to ur bomb shelter and come out when it's safe.

stubborn.gif oh please.
 
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post Mar 11 2005, 09:21 PM
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is a meteor bigger than an asteriod?

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post Mar 11 2005, 09:22 PM
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well lets hope not tat really scarey
 
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post Mar 11 2005, 09:39 PM
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like what lilangelgurlpnai said, meteors usually wear down before they hit the earth.
 
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post Mar 11 2005, 10:50 PM
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QUOTE(lilangelgurlpnai @ Mar 11 2005, 10:12 PM)
Hey meteors head to earth all the time.. but by the time they actually get to earth, they've turned into a little piece of a pebble.
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Yes and if you hear it on CNN then be scared 0_________o
 
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post Mar 12 2005, 12:20 AM
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Welp, if it does, it does, though I think it's very unlikely......(watch a meteor come tomorrow, hehe rolleyes.gif )
 
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post Mar 12 2005, 12:55 AM
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what kind of magazine was it? all magazines lie. don't always believe what you read. whistling.gif
 
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post Mar 12 2005, 01:35 AM
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Well then...it's not important enough to inform everyone. These are one of those times where I don't regret being more paranoid than naive.
 
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post Mar 12 2005, 01:43 AM
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thats really scary... especially the girl up above me. lol brilliant.

but i really doubt that a meteor is coming. cause if it is, it'd be in the news EVERYWHERE and science classes would be alerting students. i wont believe in it.
 
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post Mar 12 2005, 01:51 AM
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I'm glad I scare you.
 
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post Mar 12 2005, 02:38 AM
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QUOTE(Emmaliev @ Mar 11 2005, 10:50 PM)
Yes and if you hear it on CNN then be scared 0_________o
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tehn just look:
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post Mar 12 2005, 02:40 AM
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^NO! NO! NOT ON CNN! Crap. Ah!

They should fire whoever wrote the story.
 
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post Mar 12 2005, 08:27 AM
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i clicked on the link and it was an article about some shooting.

and ur point is..?
 
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post Mar 12 2005, 08:52 AM
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Hey meteors head to earth all the time.. but by the time they actually get to earth, they've turned into a little piece of a pebble.


Excaclty. happy.gif
 
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post Mar 12 2005, 09:29 AM
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That CNN link isnt real is it???? Can they really blame Micheal Jackson???

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post Mar 12 2005, 10:47 AM
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QUOTE(lilangelgurlpnai @ Mar 11 2005, 6:12 PM)
Hey meteors head to earth all the time.. but by the time they actually get to earth, they've turned into a little piece of a pebble.
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That's true. I saw one meteor falling down to michigan. But it wasn't the big one, it was just the crust part. And it didn't do a lot damages, just few trees and a huge hole.

Anyways, the magazine you read was probably a fake story or probably you're lying. You just wanted to get some attentions and scare people. mad.gif
 
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post Mar 12 2005, 10:49 AM
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i dont really care as long as i am sleep
 
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post Mar 12 2005, 11:22 AM
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QUOTE(F_L_I_P @ Mar 12 2005, 7:29 AM)
That CNN link isnt real is it???? Can they really blame Micheal Jackson???

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OH MY GOD.

It's obviously meant for sarcasm, people. Geez.
 
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post Mar 12 2005, 11:42 AM
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According to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), it has been said that a comet (Tempel 1) will hit the Earth. However, "The Deep Impact spacecraft is designed to launch a copper projectile into the surface of comet Tempel 1 on July 4, 2005, when the comet is 133.6 million kilometers (83 million miles) from Earth. When this 372-kilogram (820-pound) "impactor" hits the surface of the comet at approximately 37,000 kilometers per hour (23,000 miles per hour), the 1-by-1 meter projectile (39-by-39 inches) will create a crater that could be as large as a football field." This proccess will slow down the comet's speed until it stops. Click here for more information about this comet.
 
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post Mar 12 2005, 12:21 PM
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CNN lies too. ...Clinton News Network...

Yeah, I have heard of it. Not much of a reason to be scared though, NASA is taking care of it.

Plus, why be scared about something hitting the earth? We are going to die eventually...
 
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post Mar 12 2005, 12:24 PM
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ye there is a giant asteroid approaching earth, actually, its spmoething like 2 km across, and if it hit earh would have a massiv eimpact, possibly destroying civilasation. it will pass by in 2024, and scientist have given asomething like 1 in 60,000 chance of it hitting earth. so i wouldnt panic just yet

sorry if those facts arent toally accurate, we covered it about a week ago
 
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post Mar 12 2005, 12:30 PM
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whatever..if anything does happen. i'd rather not waste my life worrying about it
 
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post Mar 12 2005, 12:52 PM
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My physics teacher told me that as well. Oh well, better safe than sorry!
 
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post Mar 12 2005, 02:02 PM
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QUOTE(crazeegirl411 @ Mar 12 2005, 11:22 AM)
OH MY GOD.

It's obviously meant for sarcasm, people.  Geez.
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Ohhhhh..............hehe i knew that ^_^;

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post Mar 12 2005, 02:38 PM
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always a possibility...but the earth was placed where it is for a reason. i dont think so if u ask me...
 
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post Mar 15 2005, 01:41 AM
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dang man which one to believe thats why ya i know but some people will die young some not thats what is messed up im only 15 and i want to live long ermm.gif
 
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post Mar 15 2005, 02:09 AM
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itz probly not true
 
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post Mar 15 2005, 04:45 AM
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QUOTE(lilangelgurlpnai @ Mar 11 2005, 9:12 PM)
Hey meteors head to earth all the time.. but by the time they actually get to earth, they've turned into a little piece of a pebble.
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Exactly. ^^
But I don't live in the U.S, good luck everyone! ;)
 
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QUOTE(saMieRa @ Mar 15 2005, 4:45 AM)
Exactly. ^^
But I don't live in the U.S, good luck everyone! ;)
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The whole world is in danger, dumbnut.
 
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post Mar 15 2005, 05:00 PM
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There better not be...!!!

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QUOTE(saMieRa @ Mar 15 2005, 4:45 AM)
Exactly. ^^
But I don't live in the U.S, good luck everyone! ;)

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The whole world is in danger, dumbnut.

Hahahaha!!
 
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post Mar 15 2005, 05:16 PM
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By Robert Roy Britt
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Wednesday, March 9, 2005 Posted: 3:25 PM EST (2025 GMT)


SPACE.com) -- The space rock that carved Meteor Crater in Arizona hit the planet much more slowly than astronomers once figured, but still 10 times faster than a rifle bullet.

The new analysis, announced today, explains why there's a lot less melted rock in the crater than expected. The mystery has dogged researchers for years.

The big hole in the ground -- 570 feet deep and 4,100 feet (1.25 kilometers) across -- was blown into existence 50,000 years ago by an asteroid roughly 130 feet (40 meters) wide.

Previous calculations had the rock slamming into the ground at no less than 34,000 mph (15 km/sec), based in part on the expected speeds of large meteors in relation to Earth. Such an impact ought to have generated more melted rock in and around the crater than what's been found.

A new computer model, reported in the March 10 issue of the journal Nature, shows the incoming object would have slowed considerably during its plunge through the atmosphere, part of it breaking into a pancake-shaped cloud of iron fragments prior to impact.

About half the original 300,000-ton bulk remained intact, smacking the planet at about 26,800 mph (12 km/sec), said the study's lead researcher, Jay Melosh of the University of Arizona.

Meteor Crater, a popular tourist destination, was the first scar on Earth confirmed to have been gouged by a rocky visitor from beyond.

"It's probably the most studied impact crater on Earth," Melosh said. "We were astonished to discover something entirely unexpected about how it formed."

The modeling is based in part on investigations decades ago by Daniel Barringer, whose name is officially associated with the crater. Barringer and others found chunks of the iron space rock weighing from a pound up to 1,000 pounds in a 6-mile-diameter circle around the crater. The new work also draws from an improved understanding of how Earth's atmosphere cushions extraterrestrial blows.

In 1908, a good-sized asteroid -- more stony in nature -- exploded above the surface of Siberia, flatting hundreds of miles of forest but leaving almost no extraterrestrial trace. During the satellite era, scientists have monitored car-sized space rocks routinely exploding in the air.

"Earth's atmosphere is an effective but selective screen that prevents smaller meteoroids from hitting Earth's surface," Melosh explained.

The effect of screaming through the air, even for an iron-heavy meteorite like the one that struck Arizona, is a lot like hitting a wall, Melosh said. And many space rocks are already cracked before they arrive, scientists believe.

"Even though iron is very strong, the meteorite had probably been cracked from collisions in space," Melosh said. "The weakened pieces began to come apart and shower down from about 8.5 miles (14 kilometers) high. And as they came apart, atmospheric drag slowed them down, increasing the forces that crushed them so that they crumbled and slowed more."

The results evolved out of a project in which Melosh and colleagues developed a "Catastrophe Calculator" that predicts the effects of asteroids of varying size and composition striking any given location on the planet.

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By William McCall
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09:32 am ET

PORTLAND, Oregon (AP) -- Dozens of residents in the Pacific Northwest reported seeing a bright streak of light as it flashed across the sky, startling witnesses from southern Oregon to the Seattle area, officials said.



Scientists said the flaming object was probably a meteor, and that it likely disintegrated before any fragments fell into the Pacific Ocean.



"It was like a big ball of fire," said Summer Jensen, who was in her living room Saturday night when she saw the flash of light outside her Portland home.



Michael O'Connor, a spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration's regional office in Renton, Washington, said he fielded numerous calls from people reporting they had seen a bright streak across the sky.



He said police, pilots and some air traffic controllers described it as "a green ball of fire with a long tail."



"It appears to have come down over the ocean," said d**k Pugh of the Cascadia Meteorite Laboratory in Portland. He said the object flew over the Pacific Coast, streaking along from south to north.



Jim Todd, planetarium director at the Oregon Museum of Science & Industry, said that if a meteor had entered the atmosphere during the day, it may not even have been noticed.



"It creates a bright contrast against the night sky," Todd said.



Last year, a meteor that appeared like a fireball was sighted over western Washington state. In March 2003, residents in four Midwestern states also reported seeing a disintegrating meteorite flash across the sky.

 
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post Mar 15 2005, 06:42 PM
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yay.

dears...meteors always land on earth. hes not talking about asteroids. now if an asteroid were headed for the US, then i would start panicking.
 
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post Mar 15 2005, 09:02 PM
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i would love to see a small meteor land on the desert so no one can get hurt =] .. hopefully it's true.

QUOTE(Ballpointpencil @ Mar 12 2005, 9:21 AM)
CNN lies too. ...Clinton News Network...

Yeah, I have heard of it. Not much of a reason to be scared though, NASA is taking care of it.

Plus, why be scared about something hitting the earth? We are going to die eventually...
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oh really ? that's odd. Why dont you find a way to kill youself ?
 
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post Mar 15 2005, 10:00 PM
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If it were coming it would wear out, become really small, and just tear through somebody's dog...
 
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post Mar 15 2005, 10:06 PM
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QUOTE(WrathOfOnigo @ Mar 15 2005, 10:00 PM)
If it were coming it would wear out, become really small, and just tear through somebody's dog...
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nah, let it tear through u.
 
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o man ima start freaking out now!!!
 
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post Mar 16 2005, 02:24 AM
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yeah scientists say that a meteor will find earth sooner or later.... The good thing is though we have some of the best people working to prevent such an accident from happening... And plus im sure people like Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck has a plan to fly up to the meteor, drill 800 ft, and plant a nuclear bomb and blow the thing to bits just before it reachers earth... No Fear..
 
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Yes, we will all die and perish like the dinosaurs. Then there will be a new generation of humans; superhuman.
 
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post Mar 16 2005, 04:04 PM
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^ OMG that's scary... maybe it will really happen like that. You never know, God will change his plan not to send us an asteriod.
 

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