Re: (meteorobs) FWD: [August meteor query]

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• Subject: Re: (meteorobs) FWD: [August meteor query]
• From: Luigi Foschini <L.Foschini@fisbat.bo.cnrdot it>
• Date: Wed, 08 Jul 1998 14:32:42 +0200
• Cc: shews@ixdot netcom.com
• Organization: National Research Council (CNR)
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> One more question, I recently saw the movie deep impact, I was deeply
> moved.  I know it's possible that we could be hit one day, but
> unfortunatly my boyfriend and his friends think it's all a joke, and
> I've tried explaining to them that we've been hit before and have come
> close to it many times.  I was just wondering if you could give me some
> statistics to show them, inorder to open their eyes a little.

The asteroid/comet impact hazard is little, but not negligible. You can
find a lot of informations about it at the home page for Dr. Clark
Chapman (http://www.boulder.swridot edu/~cchapman/). Another useful source
is the NASA Asteroid/Comet impact hazard
(http://impact.arc.nasadot gov/index.html).

Cheers,

Luigi


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• (meteorobs) FWD: [August meteor query]
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