[meteorite-list] British Study Attempts to Calculate Odds of Being Hit By a Meteorite

From: Darren Garrison <cynapse_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon Jul 31 01:56:10 2006
Message-ID: <ik6rc2djbma18dp8alltva3t4q35paths3_at_4ax.com>

On Sun, 30 Jul 2006 19:13:44 -0700 (PDT), you wrote:

>This pointed out that eight meteorites of up to 25lb penetrated the
>atmosphere each year and if they landed would have a lethal area of the
>size of an average city back garden.

Huh? A 25 pound meteorite falling would kill everone in an "area of the size of
an average city back garden"?

>
>But every 80 years or so a meteorite weighing up to a ton breaks through
>with a killing zone of 133 acres.

A one ton meteorite killing everone within 133 acres?

Something must be lost in the translation from journal to newspaper there.
Received on Mon 31 Jul 2006 01:57:08 AM PDT