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Originally posted by rajaten
reply to post by stereologist
Whats best the reflective or refractive telescopes if I want to see nibiru?
[edit on 8-9-2010 by rajaten]
Originally posted by earthdude
Asteroids have been as close to us as the moon? I never would have believed that. I must research this. This increases the odds of us being hit by one. An asteroid is big enough to take out all life on my big blue spaceship called Earth. I'm spending all my money before they hit.
Originally posted by nataylor
Originally posted by earthdude
Asteroids have been as close to us as the moon? I never would have believed that. I must research this. This increases the odds of us being hit by one. An asteroid is big enough to take out all life on my big blue spaceship called Earth. I'm spending all my money before they hit.
While there is no formal definition of "asteroid," it's traditionally been used to describe objects that are larger than 10 meters across. A 10 meter object is not enough to "take out all life." It's enough to do a little localized damage. In fact, depending on the makeup and velocity of the object, nothing may actually hit the surface of the planet. Such objects hit the Earth, on average, every decade.
If you want to play around with various impact scenarios, check out the Earth Impact Effects Program.
Yeah, there are only two meteor craters of any significance in Texas: The Odessa crater and the Sierra Madera crater. Both are around a four and half hour drive from El Paso. But that might be considered close in West Texas.
Originally posted by stereologist
reply to post by earthdude
Are you sure the crater near El Paso is not a volcanic feature? I have been to the meteor crater near Odessa, but that's not close to El Paso.
Originally posted by nataylor
Yeah, there are only two meteor craters of any significance in Texas: The Odessa crater and the Sierra Madera crater. Both are around a four and half hour drive from El Paso. But that might be considered close in West Texas.
Originally posted by stereologist
reply to post by earthdude
Are you sure the crater near El Paso is not a volcanic feature? I have been to the meteor crater near Odessa, but that's not close to El Paso.
The craters right around El Paso are indeed volcanic.
edit on 11-9-2010 by nataylor because: Fixed link formating