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trumansho
20-02-2008, 06:38 PM
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2008/02/19/breaking_news/doc47bb0150c4849730374390.txt

ticker
20-02-2008, 11:45 PM
Can anyone set the story straight as to what is really going down right now?

STARWALKER
21-02-2008, 12:46 AM
Excuse me, but a meteorite hits the Earth, not a
meteor.
For your information. :rolleyes:
And if it "lands" it is nether.

majicdragon
21-02-2008, 10:58 PM
Excuse me, but a meteorite hits the Earth, not a
meteor.
For your information. :rolleyes:
And if it "lands" it is nether.

Isn't it a meteor up until the point of landing? Then it is referred to as meteorite?

A meteor hurdles through the skies and strikes the ground. A meteorite is found where the meteor strikes.

google searches:

meteor hits earth - 7000 hits
meteorite hits earth - 3000 hits

meteorite found - 25,000 hits
meteor found - 1,300 hits


LOOK>>> meteorite |ˈmētēəˌrīt|
noun
a meteor that survives its passage through the earth's atmosphere such that part of it strikes the ground. More than 90 percent of meteorites are of rock, while the remainder consist wholly or partly of iron and nickel.
DERIVATIVES
meteoritic |ˈˌmētēəˈritik| adjective

amabus
22-02-2008, 12:12 AM
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/tech/2008/02/19/vo.wa.meteor.krem

http://www.videolicio.us/2008/02/surveillance-ca.html

thetonic
22-02-2008, 12:59 AM
doesnt anyone think it a bit odd that a meteor/ite hits the earth only hours after the supposed satelite is taken down?:confused:

What goes up , must come down

No such thing as coincidences imo

trumansho
22-02-2008, 01:21 AM
doesnt anyone think it a bit odd that a meteor/ite hits the earth only hours after the supposed satelite is taken down?:confused:

What goes up , must come down

No such thing as coincidences imo
I do and the satellite supposedly landed not far near Hawaii from where that so called meteor was seen