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Re: (meteorobs) Fireballs, dark flight and meteorites (was Re:Bolide booms)



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Clear skies!

Jure

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> Od: Iansplanet@aol.com
> Za: meteorobs@jovian.com; dedalus@latrade.com
> 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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