A metallic asteroid may have coincided with the fall of Rome
http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/science/story/0,12450,889308,00.html
or
http://makeashorterlink.com/?L20112393
"This is what happened when a 50-metre rock blew up over Siberia in 1908, leaving no crater."
Me: Is this fact? I never heard anyone say anything was definite about Siberia.
"The data indicate that the crater was formed in about 412 AD, with an uncertainty of 40 years in either direction. Additional sampling may allow this spread to be reduced, but it is clear that the event occurred close to the fall of Rome: some time between 370 AD and 450 AD, when the city was again under attack, this time by the Vandals."
Me: Why are there no records then? I mean, comets and supernovas last a lot longer and more people can see them, but an event like this must have been noticed. I'd be less skeptical if this story was related to Pompeii being destroyed, the asteroid hit the volcano.
Kevin T. - VRWC Doubting Tom
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