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NRaleighLiberal

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1. I am a bit of an astronomy buff - to me, it is not out of the realm of possibility

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Sat Feb 16, 2013, 01:01 AM

Feb 2013

that the asteroid that made a close fly by had some small chunks associated with it...but that is just speculation on my part. I did some reading on asteroids and was just amazed at how many there are, the size range, the number we probably don't even know about (since they could be quite small)....there is much more "stuff" out there in our solar system than I realized!

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New meteor seen Friday night across Northern California [View all] Newsjock Feb 2013 OP

I am a bit of an astronomy buff - to me, it is not out of the realm of possibility NRaleighLiberal Feb 2013 #1

My spouse read that the Russian meteorite and the asteroid came from different directions, but you uppityperson Feb 2013 #2