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Impactors like that have not slowed to their terminal velocity. They either are small enough to be slowed by the atmosphere, bigger and explode in the atmosphe
by russdill 8y ago
Impactors like that have not slowed to their terminal velocity. They either are small enough to be slowed by the atmosphere, bigger and explode in the atmosphere, bigger still and they race all the way the ground.
- eloff 8y agoyou're right
- russdill 8y agoCompletely off topic, but it really pisses me off that stuff like this gets covered uncritically: https://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2016/02/08/meteorite-killed-man-at-indian-college-says-chief-minister/ https://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2016/02/08/meteorite-kil...