A billion to one 'shot'

[SteamWake]

A 14-year old German boy was hit in the hand by a pea-sized meteorite that scared the bejeezus out of him


http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20090612/sc_space/boyhitbymeteorite

I dont know if the kid was lucky or unlucky ! :yep:

[Task Force]

Lol, I wonder what he thought when that happend.:rotfl:

[HunterICX]

so a peasize object that goes 50.000 km/h (from other news sources) hits your hand and just leaves a scar?
it should've gone right throught his hand if you ask me

I highly doubt it's the meteorite that hit him , I think its the debri from the impact.

HunterICX

[SteamWake]

so a peasize object that goes 50.000 km/h (from other news sources) hits your hand and just leaves a scar?
it should've gone right throught his hand if you ask me

I highly doubt it's the meteorite that hit him , I think its the debri from the impact.

HunterICX

Well the atmosphere probably slowed it down a tad. It was probably originally the size of a small car :03:

[FIREWALL]

It was probably the neighborhood bully with a peashooter. :haha:

[OneToughHerring]

Well the atmosphere probably slowed it down a tad. It was probably originally the size of a small car :03:

Kinda makes one think how big and fast on impact was the one that hit Tunguska. Or the one that hit the Jukatan Peninsula. :o

[Jimbuna]

Should have been walking with his hands in his pocket :smug:

[August]

so a peasize object that goes 50.000 km/h (from other news sources) hits your hand and just leaves a scar?
it should've gone right throught his hand if you ask me

I highly doubt it's the meteorite that hit him , I think its the debri from the impact.

HunterICX

Terminal velocity. Just like you can drop a penny off the empire state building and it won't do more than sting a little if it hits someone.

[SteamWake]

Terminal velocity. Just like you can drop a penny off the empire state building and it won't do more than sting a little if it hits someone.

The vacum and weightless of space negates terminal velocity. An object in motion will remain in motion untill something stops it. Under the right conditons it can indeed be accelerated. Thats why they loop the earth before slinging off to the moon. Or at least we did when we were a bit more enterprising... ahem.. (clearing throat)

Sorry...

It is in our case most fourtunate we have a rather dense atmosphere that protects us from such things. Also it would truly be a billion to one that a projectile 'aim' at the earth at a true 90 degree angle so gravity is also a factor.

Just a bit of rambling :salute:

[August]

The vacum and weightless of space negates terminal velocity. An object in motion will remain in motion untill something stops it. Under the right conditons it can indeed be accelerated. Thats why they loop the earth before slinging off to the moon. Or at least we did when we were a bit more enterprising... ahem.. (clearing throat)

Sorry...

It is in our case most fourtunate we have a rather dense atmosphere that protects us from such things. Also it would truly be a billion to one that a projectile 'aim' at the earth at a true 90 degree angle so gravity is also a factor.

Just a bit of rambling :salute:

So what mass would be required for an object to resist deceleration all the way to ground i wonder?

[SteamWake]

So what mass would be required for an object to resist deceleration all the way to ground i wonder?

I think actually its more a matter of the compositon of the roid.

A roid of loosley bound iron carbon and other 'light' metals will blow into a million pieces.

Now a solid chunk of nickle....