Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Meteor Impact?
There have been reports coming from Norway of a large meteor which possibly impcated the Earth. Several witnesses saw (and recorded) a bright bollide steaking through the daytime sky. Initial reports of a loud report and sismic disturbances suggetsed that something impacted the Earth. There was a bit of hype with one claim as much energy as the expolsion at Hirshima was released. A later report showed what is claimed to be the impact site (as well as reassuring us the meteor wasn't radioactive :-). But is it? Meteor impacts are notoriously difficult to pin down. There has been a lot of discussion of this on the meterobs list, and opinons range from a true impact site of a 12 kg rocky meteorite to it being just a landslide. The landslide option is, sdaly, looking more likely at the moment, and the impact site may be in a far differnt location as well.
# posted by Ian Musgrave @ 7:09 am 
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