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Old 09-02-2016, 08:36 AM
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First known meteorite death??

If so, how unlucky could you be?

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-02-0...es-say/7150894
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Old 09-02-2016, 01:00 PM
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how unlucky is that?
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Old 09-02-2016, 01:09 PM
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India's a dangerous place.

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Old 09-02-2016, 03:23 PM
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11 grams only and hitting the ground at THAT speed to create such a crater.. something doesn't add up.
It is probably a scharpnel, part from something much bigger.
Or a bomb.
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Old 11-02-2016, 07:19 AM
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11 grams only and hitting the ground at THAT speed to create such a crater.. something doesn't add up.
It is probably a scharpnel, part from something much bigger.
Or a bomb.
Agree. The speed at which a randomly shaped 11g object would have to strike the ground in order to be lethal AND rip a hole like that would require it to be travelling at a much higher speed than the terminal velocity it would reach by just falling (that's what most small meteorites that make it to the surface end up doing). It would have to start out as a pretty violent event in the upper atmosphere, or at the very least, something more people in such a heavily populated country should have noticed.
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