Hello Everyone: I just received this from a colleague of mine and rather give him my best guess, thought it would be best to ask the experts. Don McCarthy is an infrared astronomer an instrument builder who does everything from asteroids and comets, to extrasolar planets, to the origin of the Universe, to doing astronomy camps for kids and adults.
Thanks in advance. Larry Hi Larry, I wonder if you help clarify a point about impact events and the Earth. For the numbers I see, Earth is likely to be hit annually by a meteoroid (2-3 meter) dissipating the energy of a Hiroshima bomb (~10 ktons TNT). This amount of energy seems very large. Do these generally go unnoticed because they explode in the atmosphere or over oceans? Is "explode" even the right word to use? Don ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
