'Russian meteor'
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One has never landed in my back garden! Nor any of my neighbours, if memory serves me?
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joinerjohn
Depends on the size of the meteor and speed at impact. If it's big enough then no matter where it hits, no one would be safe. 
I can't see the point of the question. It would depend entirely on where it struck and how big it was.
Comets can come from any direction in the sky and generally can't be seen until they're within about two years travel of us, so there wouldn't be much anyone could do if one was heading our way.
I think if it was a couple of miles wide or more that would be the end of us no matter where we hid.
Comets can come from any direction in the sky and generally can't be seen until they're within about two years travel of us, so there wouldn't be much anyone could do if one was heading our way.
I think if it was a couple of miles wide or more that would be the end of us no matter where we hid.
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longdogs
i am surprised they missed spoting the meteor that hit russia,they recon it was
at least ten tons. apparently
the meteor that missed us by 17 thousand miles,was the size of a football pitch. did they know it was coming, before it got near,and passed
at least ten tons. apparently
the meteor that missed us by 17 thousand miles,was the size of a football pitch. did they know it was coming, before it got near,and passed
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I would think that given 2/3 of Earth's surface is water, chances are that's where the greatest numbers of meteorite may be found... Having said that, there must have been many more than our current count.
Known impact data from www.passc.net
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Known impact data from www.passc.net
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I doubt it will be a random distribution, as many factors will probably lead to impact clusters.... just a guess though!!
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Its in my cellar. In amongst the wine and this years cider.
Ten thousand tons. And 17m wide. A tiny, tiny spec in the sky.
Reminds me of the great man himself - Patrick Moore - when Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 collided with Jupiter. Patrick was hosting a TV phone in and somebody asked if the impact would affect Jupiter's orbit? No he said - it would be like throwing a baked bean at a charging rhinoceros.
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Bevan M. French says in reference to a similar distribution as in the map above:-
"...The clearly nonrandom geographic distribution reflects geological and social factors rather than the original random bombardment flux:..."
http://www.e-booksdirectory.com/details.php?ebook=6367
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Hmm, sounds like a load of pony to me, I was thinking more along, astronomical terms.
