Comments on: Toyota Tacomaeteor http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/11/28/toyota-tacomaeteor/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:00:46 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: shane http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/11/28/toyota-tacomaeteor/comment-page-1/#comment-125489 shane Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:12:31 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/11/28/toyota-tacomaeteor/#comment-125489 <i>Why do these things like UFOs only happen to rednecks?</i> Beer. Why do these things like UFOs only happen to rednecks?
Beer.

]]> By: My-Name-is-Kenneth http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/11/28/toyota-tacomaeteor/comment-page-1/#comment-125486 My-Name-is-Kenneth Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:06:57 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/11/28/toyota-tacomaeteor/#comment-125486 Why do these things like UFOs only happen to rednecks? Why do these things like UFOs only happen to rednecks?

]]> By: DarkSapiens http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/11/28/toyota-tacomaeteor/comment-page-1/#comment-125421 DarkSapiens Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:22:45 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/11/28/toyota-tacomaeteor/#comment-125421 Oops, I misplaced the comment. The add appears in the "Death by meteorite" post, not this one. Oops, I misplaced the comment. The add appears in the “Death by meteorite” post, not this one.

]]> By: DarkSapiens http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/11/28/toyota-tacomaeteor/comment-page-1/#comment-125418 DarkSapiens Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:06:45 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/11/28/toyota-tacomaeteor/#comment-125418 Did anyone else noticed the "2012 comet" add that appears in the upper right of this page…? Phil, perhaps you might want to do something about that… Did anyone else noticed the “2012 comet” add that appears in the upper right of this page…?

Phil, perhaps you might want to do something about that…

]]> By: lewis http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/11/28/toyota-tacomaeteor/comment-page-1/#comment-8166 lewis Mon, 30 Apr 2007 08:29:19 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/11/28/toyota-tacomaeteor/#comment-8166 that is not a meteor its just some people playing around because if it was a meteor it would make a massive hole in the ground and kill all of the people around it!!! but it looks really good and afective that is not a meteor its just some people playing around because if it was a meteor it would make a massive hole in the ground and kill all of the people around it!!! but it looks really good and afective

]]> By: Glúon /blog » Vídeo de um meteoro no deserto http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/11/28/toyota-tacomaeteor/comment-page-1/#comment-8165 Glúon /blog » Vídeo de um meteoro no deserto Thu, 23 Mar 2006 00:41:48 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/11/28/toyota-tacomaeteor/#comment-8165 [...] Alguns sites disponibilizam para downbload um vídeo de uma queda de um meteoro no deserto. O meteoro quase atinge um carro. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7078265473451497300 (vídeo) O autor do blog ‘Bad Astronomy’ alega que este não é o padrão de queda de um meteoro, e portanto, o vídeo é falso. http://www.badastronomy.com/bablog/2005/11/28/toyota-tacomaeteor/ [...] [...] Alguns sites disponibilizam para downbload um vídeo de uma queda de um meteoro no deserto. O meteoro quase atinge um carro. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7078265473451497300 (vídeo) O autor do blog ‘Bad Astronomy’ alega que este não é o padrão de queda de um meteoro, e portanto, o vídeo é falso. http://www.badastronomy.com/bablog/2005/11/28/toyota-tacomaeteor/ [...]

]]> By: Stephen Uitti http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/11/28/toyota-tacomaeteor/comment-page-1/#comment-8163 Stephen Uitti Tue, 17 Jan 2006 20:49:49 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/11/28/toyota-tacomaeteor/#comment-8163 I've personally seen more than one fireball move, apparently, slowly across the sky. Not your normal Persied streak. The feeling one gets is that they are fairly close and slow. Of course, there's no depth perception clues, something which seemed obvious to me the first time I saw one, which was when I was probably about eight. My conclusion at the time was that I had no idea how far it was, and that was good enough. Most people want to jump at some conclusion. I'll bet that this phenomenon is frequent enough to keep up the myths. "I saw it with my own eyes...". It has taken some time, but my concept of obvious doesn't make it to the average adult american... obviously. I’ve personally seen more than one fireball move, apparently, slowly across the sky. Not your normal Persied streak. The feeling one gets is that they are fairly close and slow. Of course, there’s no depth perception clues, something which seemed obvious to me the first time I saw one, which was when I was probably about eight. My conclusion at the time was that I had no idea how far it was, and that was good enough. Most people want to jump at some conclusion. I’ll bet that this phenomenon is frequent enough to keep up the myths. “I saw it with my own eyes…”.

It has taken some time, but my concept of obvious doesn’t make it to the average adult american… obviously.

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