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lunatica

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13. Cool. That's what I thought but without all the scientific words

Reply to kiri (Reply #6)

Mon Feb 18, 2013, 11:48 AM

Feb 2013

Welcome to DU. We like knowledgeable people like you. In my mind I saw it like a tomato being thrown at a wall with the tomato being the meteor and the wall representing the air resistance at that point where it creates that sonic boom. Am I even close?

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Meteorite fragments found in Russia's Urals region [View all] Posteritatis Feb 2013 OP

Pretty cool. Fragments will be for sale on ebay soon. 1620rock Feb 2013 #1

Bounty sets off hunt for meteorite pieces dipsydoodle Feb 2013 #2

I Always Thought These Things DallasNE Feb 2013 #5

energy is a human mental construct, not in the Bible, but explains much kiri Feb 2013 #6

Cool. That's what I thought but without all the scientific words lunatica Feb 2013 #13

close kiri Feb 2013 #16

I've always wanted a good - sized meteorite NBachers Feb 2013 #3

I'll take one full of gemstones Baclava Feb 2013 #4

Beautiful retrogal Feb 2013 #7

They are available - I used to sell some for awhile Tom Rinaldo Feb 2013 #11

20 ft hole was made by something AnotherDreamWeaver Feb 2013 #8

it won't take anything near a 20 foot meteor to do that backwoodsbob Feb 2013 #9

Impactors are usually *much* larger than their craters Posteritatis Feb 2013 #10

Pic: jsr Feb 2013 #12

I like their improvised radiation suits slackmaster Feb 2013 #14

Good one! RedCloud Feb 2013 #15