Path: csiph.com!feeder.erje.net!2.us.feeder.erje.net!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!news.glorb.com!peer02.iad!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!buffer1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.earthlink.com!news.earthlink.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 30 May 2017 17:43:16 -0500 Message-ID: <592DF596.4D59@ix.netcom.com> Date: Tue, 30 May 2017 15:43:34 -0700 From: The Starmaker Reply-To: starmaker@ix.netcom.com X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (WinNT; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: sci.physics,sci.physics.relativity,rec.arts.sf.written,alt.astronomy Subject: Re: Killer asteroids References: <59270A73.620E@ix.netcom.com> <5929E6AA.3EE0@ix.netcom.com> <592C604E.684D@ix.netcom.com> <592D048C.788A@ix.netcom.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Antivirus: Avast (VPS 170530-4, 05/30/2017), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Lines: 64 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 108.219.229.47 X-Trace: sv3-2pMM8MFWVZdvLdXsIxmWb0dpbTgxicitWWjoI1YTA9LRz5pUKWalQg0xfmYBBFmOPb91Ph7hKbh1OQZ!HMF+0dvHHG13y2fI3tn/4RCg7uG3vBzw67t172VsEVz5c4xFI4xD+sfsFIFjVdR29qDtCcybmGNI!RpQ4Rr8Txzo= X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 X-Original-Bytes: 3884 X-Received-Bytes: 3975 X-Received-Body-CRC: 23888373 Xref: csiph.com sci.physics:634791 sci.physics.relativity:421136 rec.arts.sf.written:472475 alt.astronomy:291114 Ned Latham wrote: > > The Starmaker wrote: > > Ned Latham wrote: > > > The Starmaker wrote: > > > > The dumb polack, mlwozniak, wrote: > > > > > Ned Latham wroteL > > > > > > The Starmaker wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Did you know that in the history of the earth, not one asteroid > > > > > > > ever landed on earth? > > > > > > > > > > > > That's right. There have been many. > > > > > > > > > > Rather not. > > > > > > > > > > https://www.universetoday.com/36398/ > > > > > what-is-the-difference-between-asteroids-and-meteorites/ > > > > > > "While we know that some asteroids pass very close to Earth's orbit > > > around the Sun, we've been lucky in the history of humanity that we > > > haven't had a large asteroid hit Earth in the past several thousand > > > years. It wasn't until satellite imagery of Earth became widely > > > available that scientists were able to see evidence of past asteroid > > > impacts.? > > > > > > > > If it landed, it's not an asteroid. > > > > > > Wrong again, idiot. You should read your source *before& > > > using it. > > > > You want a better source? > > Were you born stupid? Or do you practise in front of the mirror > at bedtime? > > Read the text you quoted below... > > > "The good news, says Dr. Nugent, is that no known asteroids currently > > pose any significant hazard to humans. Only one American is known > > definitively to have been hit by a meteorite (what an asteroid is called > > after it lands on Earth). In 1954, Ann Hodges of Alabama was struck by > > one that fell through her roof, leaving a nearly foot-long bruise on her > > side." > > Did you see that bit about what an asteroid is called after it hits the > earth? Can you fit the idea into your pointy little head that adding > the generic descriptor "meteor" changes it, not from being an asteroid, > but INTO an asteroid that hit the earth? > > > In March, Dr. Nugent released her first book, "Asteroid Hunters," about > > the science of tracking and studying space rocks. > > https://www.google.com/#q=asteroid+hunters+by+carrie+nugent If it landed on earth...you cannot call it an asteroid. Maybe you don't understand the definition of meteorite... the second it touches the ground...it's a meteorite...and even before it touches the ground. It's not my fault if you people are....confused. I'm bringing your confusion to light....