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UnTuckable
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 Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2012 6:04 am Post subject: Re: Ununderstandable |
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Campers,
Daylight meteors are very rare birds. Never heard of planes being grounded for meteors.
Probably some UFO forgot to get clearance from NORAD. 
Earth intercepts dozens of meteor showers, each and every year. Midnight 'til dawn will be the best of the show, usually.
Next up, not the best, will be the Draconids shower, June 30.
http://www.saguaroastro.org/content/ANNUALmeteorSHOWERS.htm
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tom emery
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| Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2012 6:33 am Post subject: Forrest Gump |
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| This place is like a box of chocalates...who woulda' thought, metorites and hang gliders. |
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jjcote
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| Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2012 6:39 am Post subject: |
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You gotta ground the planes in a situation like that. The meteor may still be zoomin' around up there!
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Phoenix
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| Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2012 11:45 pm Post subject: |
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So no ones gonna point out that a "meteorite" is an object that has already fallen from the sky? They would need to get the plane in the air to avoid tire damage.  |
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Scott
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| Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 12:39 pm Post subject: |
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...and once again the sad state of science education in the U.S. is exposed. 
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jjcote
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| Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 6:52 pm Post subject: |
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I read a great descriptions of meteors in a book today. I didn't buy the book, but from what I remember, the former president of Yale, a meteor expert, pointed out that meteors are on elliptical orbits around the earth that varies typically brings them withing 20 or 30 miles, but sometimes to within a half mile, and then rubbing against the atmosphere causes them to accumulate a lot of electrical fire. When they have enough, they discharge it with a sound like a cannon. (It was a pretty old book...)
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