Saturday, July 4, 2009

Boy Hit By Meteorite

The original story: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/science/space/5511619/14-year-old-hit-by-30000-mph-space-meteorite.html

My own commentary: The meteorite was not traveling at 30000 mph when it hit his hand. The impact on ones hand and the ground from a rock the size of a bullet moving at roughly mach 30 will make a crater a little larger than a foot. No, the rock may have started it's descent at such a speed but by the time it hit the ground it is unlikely it was even approaching the speed of sound.

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