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Unknown meteorite found in Swedish quarry

97 points by bootload 10y ago

davesque 10y ago
Sounds like the beginning of a sci-fi horror movie :).
- __abc 10y ago
  I hope. A weird part of me wants to live through some massive sic-fi event like that. Probably the same sick part of me that wants to see Trump win simply to watch the fallout.
  - webkike 10y ago
    Somewhat related: https://xkcd.com/611/ https://xkcd.com/611/
  - dogma1138 10y ago
    Watch the new show Braindead it might hit both of those spots for you perfectly. Also the best explanation for current us politics ive seen in a while.
  - mahranch 10y ago
    > wants to see Trump win simply to watch the fallout. I have those same strange morbid feelings but not about Trump. Because I know the damage would be too severe. It's like saying there's a sick part of me that wants to play russian roulette. There's morbid and then there's knowing that the damage will be so massive that you already know the final outcome. Nothing mysterious about that. The GOP has been preaching hatred, fear and bigotry for the last 2-3 decades so someone like Trump was inevitable. The only good thing to come out of all this is that you know damn well the GOP leadership is sitting in a room somewhere, trying to figure out how to do a 180 and move back towards the center. Because if they don't, they lost the moderate and independent vote forever. Hell, I can see moderate republicans (like Kasich, etc) becoming democrats if things don't change or get worse. Trump is the worst thing to happen to the Republican party and I couldn't be happier.
    - deleted 10y ago
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    - deciplex 10y ago
      That Kasich is considered a "moderate" in the context of the contemporary GOP sorta illustrates your point.
      - mahranch 10y ago
        Eh, he has acted like a moderate on a few key issues; like not denying federal funds to expand medicaid as his peers in most red states did. He's also expected to sign the medical marijuana bill making its way through Ohio's congress. His behavior is most definitely not typical of your standard GOP congressman/governor.
  - mhluongo 10y ago
    Ever read "The Imp of the Perverse"?
  - fit2rule 10y ago
    Why not both? Trump is an alien robot sent from the future to prevent us from becoming unpalatable to our Alien master over-cooks by removing good Mexican food from our diets.
- hugi 10y ago
  Indeed. A little Quatermass and the Pit-ish :)
- ChuckMcM 10y ago
  "The greenish rock appeared to emit a type of radiation that was previously unknown, it was believed to have come from the planet Krypton." :-)
ams6110 10y ago
They mentioned a cooincidence with an explosion of ocean invertebrate life. I wonder why. Are they suggesting there's a connection?
- saiya-jin 10y ago
  there might be, or not. on this scale, +- 1 million years is nothing. but if meteorite shower was intense, it could have affected atmosphere, which in cascading effect could have altered conditions in oceans to be more favorable for marine life. or about billion or so other possibilities.
eCa 10y ago
The coin used for size reference is the (rather large) Swedish femkrona. It is 28.5 mm, or 1.12 inches, in diameter.
- wingerlang 10y ago
  I haven't really thought about this before, but that coin might be the biggest coin I know of. And the 10 krona is the smallest one compared to its value (smallest coin, highest value within the Swedish coins) that I know of anyway.
  - ralfd 10y ago
    The old 5 Deutsche Mark coin (I wonder if I have one somewhere hidden in a shelf?) is larger with 29,00 mm. The 5 Euro coin (a collectors item and only legal tender in Germany) is smaller with 27,25 mm.
    - wingerlang 10y ago
      I meant it as in that the coin itself has the highest value of all Swedish coins, but it is the smallest size of them.
    - tossaway1 10y ago
      The JFK US half dollar is 30.61 mm. There's apparently also an Eisenhower silver dollar in circulation at >38mm but I don't think I've ever seen one.
    - unlikelymordant 10y ago
      The Australian 50 cent piece is another large one at 31.5 mm
bogomipz 10y ago
Did they form a consensus on this?
tephra 10y ago
I thought I recognized that rock! Fun fact everyone studying earth science/geology at Uppsala University have been to this quarry during their bachelor studies, at least when I studied there (I've been there twice). Time to double check all the rock I brought from there ;)

97 points by bootload 10y ago

davesque 10y ago

Sounds like the beginning of a sci-fi horror movie :).

__abc 10y ago
I hope. A weird part of me wants to live through some massive sic-fi event like that. Probably the same sick part of me that wants to see Trump win simply to watch the fallout.
- webkike 10y ago
  Somewhat related: https://xkcd.com/611/ https://xkcd.com/611/
- dogma1138 10y ago
  Watch the new show Braindead it might hit both of those spots for you perfectly. Also the best explanation for current us politics ive seen in a while.
- mahranch 10y ago
  > wants to see Trump win simply to watch the fallout. I have those same strange morbid feelings but not about Trump. Because I know the damage would be too severe. It's like saying there's a sick part of me that wants to play russian roulette. There's morbid and then there's knowing that the damage will be so massive that you already know the final outcome. Nothing mysterious about that. The GOP has been preaching hatred, fear and bigotry for the last 2-3 decades so someone like Trump was inevitable. The only good thing to come out of all this is that you know damn well the GOP leadership is sitting in a room somewhere, trying to figure out how to do a 180 and move back towards the center. Because if they don't, they lost the moderate and independent vote forever. Hell, I can see moderate republicans (like Kasich, etc) becoming democrats if things don't change or get worse. Trump is the worst thing to happen to the Republican party and I couldn't be happier.
  - deleted 10y ago
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  - deciplex 10y ago
    That Kasich is considered a "moderate" in the context of the contemporary GOP sorta illustrates your point.
    - mahranch 10y ago
      Eh, he has acted like a moderate on a few key issues; like not denying federal funds to expand medicaid as his peers in most red states did. He's also expected to sign the medical marijuana bill making its way through Ohio's congress. His behavior is most definitely not typical of your standard GOP congressman/governor.
- mhluongo 10y ago
  Ever read "The Imp of the Perverse"?
- fit2rule 10y ago
  Why not both? Trump is an alien robot sent from the future to prevent us from becoming unpalatable to our Alien master over-cooks by removing good Mexican food from our diets.
hugi 10y ago
Indeed. A little Quatermass and the Pit-ish :)
ChuckMcM 10y ago
"The greenish rock appeared to emit a type of radiation that was previously unknown, it was believed to have come from the planet Krypton." :-)

ams6110 10y ago

They mentioned a cooincidence with an explosion of ocean invertebrate life. I wonder why. Are they suggesting there's a connection?

saiya-jin 10y ago
there might be, or not. on this scale, +- 1 million years is nothing. but if meteorite shower was intense, it could have affected atmosphere, which in cascading effect could have altered conditions in oceans to be more favorable for marine life. or about billion or so other possibilities.

eCa 10y ago

The coin used for size reference is the (rather large) Swedish femkrona. It is 28.5 mm, or 1.12 inches, in diameter.

wingerlang 10y ago
I haven't really thought about this before, but that coin might be the biggest coin I know of. And the 10 krona is the smallest one compared to its value (smallest coin, highest value within the Swedish coins) that I know of anyway.
- ralfd 10y ago
  The old 5 Deutsche Mark coin (I wonder if I have one somewhere hidden in a shelf?) is larger with 29,00 mm. The 5 Euro coin (a collectors item and only legal tender in Germany) is smaller with 27,25 mm.
  - wingerlang 10y ago
    I meant it as in that the coin itself has the highest value of all Swedish coins, but it is the smallest size of them.
  - tossaway1 10y ago
    The JFK US half dollar is 30.61 mm. There's apparently also an Eisenhower silver dollar in circulation at >38mm but I don't think I've ever seen one.
  - unlikelymordant 10y ago
    The Australian 50 cent piece is another large one at 31.5 mm

bogomipz 10y ago

Did they form a consensus on this?

tephra 10y ago

I thought I recognized that rock! Fun fact everyone studying earth science/geology at Uppsala University have been to this quarry during their bachelor studies, at least when I studied there (I've been there twice). Time to double check all the rock I brought from there ;)