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Peruvian Meteor?
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post Sep 19 2007, 12:23 AM
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Here's a weird one: dozens of people ill in Peru after an apparent meteorite impact into swampy terrain. If for real, I'm thinking that the rock liberated some swamp gasses....

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7001897.stm


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- nprev   Peruvian Meteor?   Sep 19 2007, 12:23 AM
- - spiritofgusev   That hole looks to me like the crater left by a he...   Sep 19 2007, 01:28 AM
- - edstrick   If a hydrazine containing tank had somehow stayed ...   Sep 19 2007, 08:13 AM
- - nprev   Hard to say. According to CNN, there have been sim...   Sep 19 2007, 10:22 AM
|- - ustrax   They're Asterix relatives... "There is...   Sep 19 2007, 11:26 AM
- - PhilCo126   Any booster stage or aviation hardware ( be it man...   Sep 19 2007, 06:12 PM
- - JRehling   http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/arti...in_pa...   Sep 19 2007, 06:21 PM
- - nprev   Mmm...this might not be a meteor after all. If you...   Sep 19 2007, 11:09 PM
- - Jyril   This whole story stinks... The area is highly vol...   Sep 20 2007, 02:26 PM
- - ElkGroveDan   AP are now reporting that "experts" have...   Sep 20 2007, 03:07 PM
- - Jyril   The geologist who studied the suggested meteorite ...   Sep 20 2007, 03:17 PM
|- - ElkGroveDan   QUOTE (Jyril @ Sep 20 2007, 07:17 AM) The...   Sep 20 2007, 03:25 PM
- - volcanopele   Yeah, the volcanologist would at least have an und...   Sep 20 2007, 04:09 PM
- - Rob Pinnegar   There could also be some mass hysteria happening. ...   Sep 20 2007, 05:35 PM
- - SpaceListener   A geologist can identify if a meteorite or space d...   Sep 20 2007, 07:05 PM
- - volcanopele   Using the Impact Effects simulator at http://www.l...   Sep 20 2007, 07:13 PM
- - ugordan   17 km/s at ground impact? That would be BRIGHT...   Sep 20 2007, 07:22 PM
- - volcanopele   17 km/sec is the velocity before it enters the atm...   Sep 20 2007, 07:30 PM
- - ugordan   Ah, okay then. That's more sensible.   Sep 20 2007, 07:38 PM
- - volcanopele   I should note that the simulator gives an impact v...   Sep 20 2007, 07:54 PM
|- - ustrax   ESA assumes it was indeed a meteorite...   Sep 21 2007, 08:05 AM
- - Sunspot   I'm surprised at how little press coverage the...   Sep 24 2007, 01:12 PM
|- - stevesliva   QUOTE (Sunspot @ Sep 24 2007, 09:12 AM) I...   Sep 24 2007, 02:05 PM
- - fredk   Update on the crater at New Scientist. It seems i...   Sep 28 2007, 06:15 PM
|- - SpaceListener   QUOTE (fredk @ Sep 28 2007, 01:15 PM) Doe...   Sep 28 2007, 08:23 PM
||- - centsworth_II   QUOTE (SpaceListener @ Sep 28 2007, 04:23...   Sep 28 2007, 08:51 PM
||- - Jyril   QUOTE (SpaceListener @ Sep 28 2007, 11:23...   Sep 30 2007, 09:57 PM
|- - Jyril   QUOTE (fredk @ Sep 28 2007, 09:15 PM) Upd...   Sep 30 2007, 09:45 PM
- - fredk   Exacly, human recorded history. As in someone saw...   Sep 29 2007, 01:56 AM
|- - nprev   QUOTE (fredk @ Sep 28 2007, 06:56 PM) It ...   Sep 29 2007, 05:14 AM
- - nprev   What the hell...? This event just gets weirder ...   Sep 30 2007, 10:44 PM
- - SpaceListener   The samples shown by the ingemmet might be picked ...   Oct 1 2007, 06:14 PM
- - Jyril   Meteor falls are not at all that rare. But crater-...   Oct 2 2007, 10:13 AM
- - SkyeLab   New Scientist Space Blog has a link to a couple of...   Oct 3 2007, 03:58 PM
- - CosmicRocker   QUOTE (nprev @ Sep 29 2007, 12:14 AM) ......   Oct 8 2007, 02:08 AM
|- - dvandorn   QUOTE (CosmicRocker @ Oct 7 2007, 09:08 P...   Oct 9 2007, 05:07 AM
- - nprev   Thanks very much, CR! Huh...a kid captured ...   Oct 8 2007, 02:50 AM
- - volcanopele   Thanks for the link, CR. I just HAD to be home on...   Oct 8 2007, 06:20 AM
- - SkyeLab   An update on the meteor strike in Peru can be foun...   Oct 9 2007, 11:45 AM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (SkyeLab @ Oct 9 2007, 12:45 PM) ab...   Oct 9 2007, 12:29 PM
|- - ugordan   QUOTE (djellison @ Oct 9 2007, 02:29 PM) ...   Oct 9 2007, 01:27 PM
- - CosmicRocker   Assuming a rocky density for this meteorite of 3.5...   Oct 11 2007, 05:30 AM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (CosmicRocker @ Oct 11 2007, 06:30 ...   Oct 11 2007, 07:21 AM
- - CosmicRocker   Awe, shucks.   Oct 11 2007, 02:16 PM
- - nprev   Sorry to resurrect an ancient thread, but Reuters ...   Mar 14 2008, 03:22 AM
- - fredk   There's still discussion about the surprizing ...   Jul 5 2008, 12:27 AM
- - nprev   Hmm. Stone reinforced by iron, but nobody's fo...   Jul 5 2008, 12:47 AM
- - PhilCo126   great subject for a "chit chat" forum ...   Sep 10 2008, 12:12 PM

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