Comments on: Shoot the meteorite! http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/10/14/shoot-the-meteorite/ 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, 14 Feb 2012 13:14:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Gary Ansorge http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/10/14/shoot-the-meteorite/comment-page-1/#comment-125735 Gary Ansorge Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:06:52 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/10/14/shoot-the-meteorite/#comment-125735 David: Shouldn't that have been "Pull my finger,,,"??? ,,,snark,,, GAry 7 David: Shouldn’t that have been

“Pull my finger,,,”??? ,,,snark,,,

GAry 7

]]> By: IVAN3MAN http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/10/14/shoot-the-meteorite/comment-page-1/#comment-125651 IVAN3MAN Wed, 15 Oct 2008 05:55:03 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/10/14/shoot-the-meteorite/#comment-125651 Davidlpf, I understood that you were "just being smart@$$". I should have placed a :-) at the end of my last comment to avoid any misunderstanding. Yeah, I see that "the devil" is back -- again! Davidlpf, I understood that you were “just being smart@$$”. I should have placed a :-) at the end of my last comment to avoid any misunderstanding.

Yeah, I see that “the devil” is back — again!

]]> By: Davidlpf http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/10/14/shoot-the-meteorite/comment-page-1/#comment-125643 Davidlpf Wed, 15 Oct 2008 04:52:48 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/10/14/shoot-the-meteorite/#comment-125643 Speak of the devil. click my name, Speak of the devil.
click my name,

]]> By: Davidlpf http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/10/14/shoot-the-meteorite/comment-page-1/#comment-125641 Davidlpf Wed, 15 Oct 2008 04:44:07 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/10/14/shoot-the-meteorite/#comment-125641 @Ivan3man I was just being smart@$$. (I know more @$$ then smart.) @Ivan3man I was just being smart@$$.
(I know more @$$ then smart.)

]]> By: IVAN3MAN http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/10/14/shoot-the-meteorite/comment-page-1/#comment-125640 IVAN3MAN Wed, 15 Oct 2008 04:31:54 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/10/14/shoot-the-meteorite/#comment-125640 Davidlpf, the only thing Nathan Myers would find interesting is the sound of his own voice! Davidlpf, the only thing Nathan Myers would find interesting is the sound of his own voice!

]]> By: Davidlpf http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/10/14/shoot-the-meteorite/comment-page-1/#comment-125637 Davidlpf Wed, 15 Oct 2008 03:51:37 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/10/14/shoot-the-meteorite/#comment-125637 Hey Ivan3man it could be worse Nathan Myers might have found it interesting. Hey Ivan3man it could be worse Nathan Myers might have found it interesting.

]]> By: IVAN3MAN http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/10/14/shoot-the-meteorite/comment-page-1/#comment-125625 IVAN3MAN Wed, 15 Oct 2008 02:19:33 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/10/14/shoot-the-meteorite/#comment-125625 Well, I'm glad that some found it interesting! :-) Well, I’m glad that some found it interesting! :-)

]]> By: Singe http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/10/14/shoot-the-meteorite/comment-page-1/#comment-125618 Singe Wed, 15 Oct 2008 01:12:06 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/10/14/shoot-the-meteorite/#comment-125618 Shouldn't it be "falling meteors" instead? I thought they weren't meteorites until they reach the ground. :D Shouldn’t it be “falling meteors” instead? I thought they weren’t meteorites until they reach the ground. :D

]]> By: Davidlpf http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/10/14/shoot-the-meteorite/comment-page-1/#comment-125611 Davidlpf Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:28:40 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/10/14/shoot-the-meteorite/#comment-125611 sorry Ivan3man, waiting for elections results here in Canuckland. sorry Ivan3man, waiting for elections results here in Canuckland.

]]> By: Crux Australis http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/10/14/shoot-the-meteorite/comment-page-1/#comment-125610 Crux Australis Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:19:35 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/10/14/shoot-the-meteorite/#comment-125610 IVAN3MAN: I thought it was interesting. IVAN3MAN: I thought it was interesting.

]]> By: IVAN3MAN http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/10/14/shoot-the-meteorite/comment-page-1/#comment-125601 IVAN3MAN Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:43:48 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/10/14/shoot-the-meteorite/#comment-125601 *<font color="green"><b>Crickets</b></font>* *Crickets*

]]> By: IVAN3MAN http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/10/14/shoot-the-meteorite/comment-page-1/#comment-125593 IVAN3MAN Tue, 14 Oct 2008 22:43:05 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/10/14/shoot-the-meteorite/#comment-125593 The estimated amount of meteorite dust that accumulates on the Earth is: 1.5 x 10<font size="-2"><sup>11</sup></font> gm/year (Ceplecha, 1996)<sup>*</sup> or ~150,000 tonnes/year. <font size="-2"><sup>*</sup>Source: TalkOrigins.org -- Meteorite Dust and the Age of the Earth.</font> The estimated amount of meteorite dust that accumulates on the Earth is:

1.5 x 1011 gm/year (Ceplecha, 1996)* or ~150,000 tonnes/year.

*Source: TalkOrigins.org — Meteorite Dust and the Age of the Earth.

]]> By: MichaelL http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/10/14/shoot-the-meteorite/comment-page-1/#comment-125590 MichaelL Tue, 14 Oct 2008 22:33:25 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/10/14/shoot-the-meteorite/#comment-125590 Here's a link from Slice of Sci-fi: http://www.sliceofscifi.com/2008/10/14/remote-hubble-fix-begins/ Here’s a link from Slice of Sci-fi:

http://www.sliceofscifi.com/2008/10/14/remote-hubble-fix-begins/

]]> By: Thomas Siefert http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/10/14/shoot-the-meteorite/comment-page-1/#comment-125588 Thomas Siefert Tue, 14 Oct 2008 22:31:48 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/10/14/shoot-the-meteorite/#comment-125588 Everything is possible with a newspaper, the next time you are in the UK I'll show you how to open a beer with a wet newspaper. Everything is possible with a newspaper, the next time you are in the UK I’ll show you how to open a beer with a wet newspaper.

]]> By: MichaelL http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/10/14/shoot-the-meteorite/comment-page-1/#comment-125587 MichaelL Tue, 14 Oct 2008 22:30:54 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/10/14/shoot-the-meteorite/#comment-125587 Maybe ot, but U just read on i09 that NASA is going to attempt to fix Hubble remotely. Report says that they are going to put it in safe mode and send up a program to bypass the problem and it could be up and running as early as Friday. Do you know anything more about it Phil? Maybe ot, but U just read on i09 that NASA is going to attempt to fix Hubble remotely. Report says that they are going to put it in safe mode and send up a program to bypass the problem and it could be up and running as early as Friday. Do you know anything more about it Phil?

]]> By: haate http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/10/14/shoot-the-meteorite/comment-page-1/#comment-125584 haate Tue, 14 Oct 2008 22:24:12 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/10/14/shoot-the-meteorite/#comment-125584 Well...the newspaper WOULD help keep the blood splatter off of the rock... For a few picoseconds. Well…the newspaper WOULD help keep the blood splatter off of the rock…

For a few picoseconds.

]]> By: Larian LeQuella http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/10/14/shoot-the-meteorite/comment-page-1/#comment-125579 Larian LeQuella Tue, 14 Oct 2008 22:00:59 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/10/14/shoot-the-meteorite/#comment-125579 Well, considering that most of the stuff that hits the Earth and actually makes it to the ground (numberwise) is just dust, maybe that newspaper is effective. Or am I remembering an old science class incorrectly? Please correct me, but as I remember from my science class, there are numerous particles that do survive the trip through the atmosphere. As you commented in an earlier blog, atmospheric resistance slows them down quite a bit. And most of this is just dust sized... Hmm, maybe I ought to research that myself? :) Well, considering that most of the stuff that hits the Earth and actually makes it to the ground (numberwise) is just dust, maybe that newspaper is effective. Or am I remembering an old science class incorrectly?

Please correct me, but as I remember from my science class, there are numerous particles that do survive the trip through the atmosphere. As you commented in an earlier blog, atmospheric resistance slows them down quite a bit. And most of this is just dust sized… Hmm, maybe I ought to research that myself? :)

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