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Re: (meteorobs) Fireballs, dark flight and meteorites (was Re: Bolide booms)
DEAR LEW--THANKS FOR THE EXHAUSTIVE ANSWER. I CERTAINLY APPRECIATED THE
THOROUGHNESS OF IT. IT ALSO MADE ME WONDER ABOUT THE ENDING OF "DEEP IMPACT,"
A REPOSITORY OF SCIENCE "FACT." THE OBJECT IMPACTING THE EARTH WOULD NOT HAVE
BEEN BURNING, AS WITNESSED BY THOSE ABOUT TO DIE, UNLESS THE PULL OF GRAVITY
KEPT ITS SPEED AT A RATE WHICH WOULD HAVE CAUSED ENOUGH FRICTION TO COMBUST
THE "COMET" OR WHATEVER THE WRITERS HAD DECIDED IT WAS. NOR WOULD THERE HAVE
BEEN AN EXPLOSION WITH THE SIGNATURE SHAPE OF A NUCLEAR BOMB UNLESS SOMEHOW A
NUCLEAR REACTION WAS CAUSED BY THE FALL.
I AM SURE MANY OF YOU THOUGHT OF THIS WHEN THE MOVIE CAME OUT BUT I JUST SAW
IT AFTER JOINING THE LIST.
JOHNIE
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