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Originally posted by thesmokingman
Not possible.....the meteorite arrived almost a day earlier. This asteroid was only the size of a half a football field(50 yds or so). That piece would have a tough time not only veering course 18000 miles, but would have had to been launched from the asteroid.
I don't think anyone knows for sure how these things work and can impact, considering this is the closest modern asteroid we have observed- I don't like coincidences, not saying that the meteor was part of the asteroid, but the coincidence concerns me for, perhaps, wider reasons
Originally posted by onequestion
reply to post by Credenceskynyrd
I don't think anyone knows for sure how these things work and can impact, considering this is the closest modern asteroid we have observed- I don't like coincidences, not saying that the meteor was part of the asteroid, but the coincidence concerns me for, perhaps, wider reasons
This is where my heads at.
Originally posted by onequestion
reply to post by UberL33t
Yeah a quick google search does reveal that but i dont believe it.
Originally posted by DangerMcBacon
reply to post by Credenceskynyrd
We've had a pretty good idea about gravity since Newton, and more recently meteor explosions with material engineering. It's also been reasonably postulated (recent as in the 60's) that there are a significantly higher amounts of asteroid impacts (remember asteroid is it's name in space, we call it a meteor the second it hits our atmosphere) during February, still unsure why, but since all orbits are periodic, kinda gives a hint don't you think? I've had the unreasonable luck of witnessing 2 meteors in my life, one so close I could actually see rock (was at night a few years ago), was beautiful, and was exactly like what happened in Russia but slower and at night.