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Are meteorites igneous, sedimentary or metamorphic rocks?
Are meteorites igneous, sedimentary or metamorphic rocks?
Or do we need a new method of rock classification for them?
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How “big” objects can WISE and NEOWISE detect?
I mean WISE is monitoring near-Earth objects, but cannot see the latest Russian meteor and others. Why can it not detect small objects?
What is the limit of it's infrared detectors?
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From how high could have Felix Baumgartner jumped without disintegrating like a shooting star?
Today Felix Baumgartner jumped from 39 kilometres high and reached the earth safely.
Just considering friction, from how high can a human jump?
I expect that from a certain height, he would have ...
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On the Existence of Interstellar Meteoroids
A meteoroid in orbit around the Sun has a heliocentric velocity in the vicinity of Earth of about 42.1 km/s. So if a meteoroid has a heliocentric velocity exceeding that, it will have an open ...
