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Asteroids, meteoroids, and meteorites are the same thing. A meteoroid is an asteroid that enters Earth's atmosphere. A meteorite is a meteoroid that impacts the ground. CNN once again demonstrates its stupidity for all to see.
Do you think the two incidents (the Russian meteor and the larger meteor coming close to the earth today) are related?
Yes. I believe that despite what the NASA officials are saying that this was a lead in fragment rock ahead of the main rock due to fly inside Earths satellite orbital zone several hours from now. This is not coincidence. Earths gravity sucked this smaller rock in. Instead of focusing on the larger asteroid, they got sidetracked and missed the smaller rock (or they might have knew about it already) and it's trajectory.
Yes. I believe that despite what the NASA officials are saying that this was a lead in fragment rock ahead of the main rock due to fly by several hours from now. This is not coincidence. Earths gravity sucked this smaller rock in.
The Earth sucks in a lot of junk. There are two meteor showers that are peaking at this time, the Alpha Centaurids, and the Theta Centaurids. The Alpha Centaurids occurs from January 28 through February 21, and peaks on February 8. The Theta Centaurids occurs from January 23 through March 12, and peaks on February 10.
This was not a big meteorite, maybe 8 to 12 tons in size. Meteorites that size impact the Earth annually, just not typically over populated areas.
Last I heard, that smaller meteor this morning had dropped at least three wallets - with ID intact - along it's path. One was dropped in the middle of a street, one was dropped at the Russian border, and one was found alongside a charred lump of meteor.
I have to wonder...have Al Gore and CNN started blaming it on global warming yet?
I have to wonder...have Mike Huckabee and Fox started calling it a warning from God to stop gay marriage laws yet?
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