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Re: (meteorobs) Fireballs, dark flight and meteorites (was Re:Bolide booms)
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Jure
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> Zadeva: Re: (meteorobs) Fireballs, dark flight and meteorites (was Re:Bolide booms)
> Datum: 17. december 1999 21:41
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> 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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