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Re: Killer asteroids

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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....

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    Re: Killer asteroids Ned Latham <nedlatham@woden.valhalla.oz> - 2017-05-28 08:14 -0500
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        Re: Killer asteroids Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2017-05-28 20:28 +0200
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      Re: Killer asteroids The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2017-05-28 11:15 -0700
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        Re: Killer asteroids Ned Latham <nedlatham@woden.valhalla.oz> - 2017-05-29 18:14 -0500
          Re: Killer asteroids Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2017-05-29 19:25 -0600
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            Re: Killer asteroids Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2017-05-30 14:08 +0200
              Re: Killer asteroids The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2017-05-30 10:35 -0700
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                Re: Killer asteroids The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2017-05-30 16:14 -0700
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                Re: Killer asteroids Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2017-06-01 02:12 +0200
          Re: Killer asteroids The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2017-05-29 22:35 -0700
            Re: Killer asteroids Ned Latham <nedlatham@woden.valhalla.oz> - 2017-05-30 17:01 -0500
              Re: Killer asteroids The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2017-05-30 15:43 -0700
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      Re: Killer asteroids tesla sTinker <truecatholicstaff@truecarpentry.org> - 2017-05-29 21:29 -0700
        Re: Killer asteroids benj <benj@nobody.net> - 2017-05-30 17:01 -0400
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