Re: [Utah-astronomy] They're Shooting at Chelyabinski
I agree fully, Chuck. ------------------------------ On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 12:19 PM MST Chuck Hards wrote:
Yes Joan, completely coincidental in my opinion. As I posted yesterday, the unrelated orbits prove that they are not related.
The earth is pummeled by thousands of meteors every single day, these are just larger than average. As the human population grows and covers more of the earth, more of these big boys will be witnessed. Modern media connectivity also guarantees it.
Even though weathering and an active geology have erased most of them, there are still doznes of known or suspected impact craters on Earth from large bodies. It's been happening since the planet was formed and will continue forever. One look at the moon and you'll see about what the earth looked like at one time. Probably more pocked due to Earth's greater gravity.
A human liftetime is a statistically insignificant time span to draw any conclusions on impact rates or suspected clumping of data points.
Coincidence. To think otherwise smacks of anthropocentrism.
On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 11:42 AM, <jcarman6@q.com> wrote:
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On 17 Feb 2013, at 12:36, Chuck Hards wrote:
Thanks Joe. Besides, we all know they are secret American weapon tests, right? lol!
Speaking of humor, here's some Russian meteor-related humor I found online. Grins, patrick +++ House Science Committee Questions Existence of Meteors WASHINGTON —The chairman of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology said today that the committee would hold hearings next week "to settle the question, once and for all, of whether meteors exist." "The media has been in something of a frenzy recently on this whole topic of meteors," said chairman Jones. "I think it’s irresponsible of them to frighten the public about something that, at the end of the day, may be about as real as fairies." Rep. Jones said that he had seen recent reports of the "so-called Russian meteor" of last week, but added, "Maybe it’s the scientific skeptic in me, but this 'meteor' may just have been a bunch of fireworks that some Siberian fellow set off after drinking a little too much Stoli. It is winter, after all, and that's how those folks keep warm." The congressman said that he and other meteor doubters are worried that scientists had "a vested interest" in convincing people that meteors are real: "They want the government to spend more money on science, and, let me tell you, that is the last thing the Science Committee is going to do." As for the scientific theory that meteors may have killed the dinosaurs, Rep. Jones chuckled, "That theory would also have us believe that there were dinosaurs."
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