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Topic Started: Oct 8 2008, 05:20 AM (75 Views)
Niongor
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Today there was a reminder that Earth is always suseptible to meteor strikes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_TC3

It didn't strike the Earth, and it exploded well above the sparsely populated area below, but it's a stark reminder - there's many a curve ball out there in space.

Lucky it didn't strike a populated area or explode over one, as the article states:
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"It exploded tens of kilometers in the air with an energy of around one kiloton, equal to the power of a low-level nuclear bomb."
"There is no next time: it's now or never!"

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Niongor
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I remember a few years ago when that basket ball sized meteor burned up over southern New Zealand in mid-afternoon. Some NZers actually came up with the theory, "It's a secret US aircraft...!"

:lol: I have no time for conspiracy theorists! :rolleyes:
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