Re: [meteorite-list] If this can happen so can an asteroid hitting the Earth

2013-03-10 Thread Count Deiro
lies. Your scaring me and the kids with this "the sky is falling" stuff :0) Regards, Count Deiro IMCA 3536 -Original Message- >From: Don Merchant >Sent: Mar 10, 2013 3:19 PM >To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >Cc: Don Merchant >Subject: [meteorite-

Re: [meteorite-list] If this can happen so can an asteroid hitting the Earth

2013-03-10 Thread Chris Peterson
There aren't many 1/2 mile wide asteroids that we don't know about. Sure, there are little things like the Russian meteoroid or Carancas, but in the scheme of natural disasters, they pose little threat. There are hundreds of wildfires every year that cause more damage than Chelyabinsk. The de

Re: [meteorite-list] If this can happen so can an asteroid hitting the Earth

2013-03-10 Thread John Teague
Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >Cc: Don Merchant >Subject: [meteorite-list] If this can happen so can an asteroid hitting the >Earth > >Hi List. Just wanted to post a thought. Here is a link of which a piece of >Chinese space debris from 2007 hit a Russian satellite causing it

[meteorite-list] If this can happen so can an asteroid hitting the Earth

2013-03-10 Thread Don Merchant
Hi List. Just wanted to post a thought. Here is a link of which a piece of Chinese space debris from 2007 hit a Russian satellite causing it to be knocked out of orbit and direction thus rendering it useless. The point being with all that space and distance between objects, who would of thought