6/16/2004: Meteorite hits home

Undertoad · 06-16-2004, 01:17 PM

Brenda Archer holds a meteorite that crashed through the roof of her Auckland, New Zealand, home, hit a couch and rolled under a computer. It wasn't clear whether her homeowner's policy includes meteor showers.

Beestie · 06-16-2004, 01:56 PM

How do we know its not really a martian egg? Especially the way it curled up under the computer table. No way I'd sleep with that "thing" in the house

Slartibartfast · 06-16-2004, 03:47 PM

What's with the funny camera angle? Does New Zealand have a 9 foot photographer on the beat?

jaguar · 06-16-2004, 04:07 PM

he's standing on a sheep, they're everywhere.

lumberjim · 06-16-2004, 04:11 PM

looks like a giant charcoal briquette. wonder if it's match light?

Guess · 06-16-2004, 06:43 PM

i would think a meteorite of that size would make a crater or more destruction,
but seeing as i'm not very learned in the meteorite world, what would i know

Slartibartfast · 06-16-2004, 07:40 PM

I've read that most meteorites that come down like that are warm to the touch, not hot. You can walk right over and pick it up as soon as it hits the ground. Imagine that, from way out in space to in your hands in a matter of a minute or so.

But beware the ones that glow or ooze green goo, don't touch those.

jojomonkeygirl · 06-17-2004, 06:34 AM

The cameraman isn't tall...she's just really short. The couch and table are actually on the floor. They have no legs. And aren't her hands alittle out of proportion? They're HUGE...and who told her that color lipstick was good for meteorite showings? Ok, I'm crabby...goin to bed now.

Tomas Rueda · 06-17-2004, 09:06 AM

it's a fish-eye lens attached to the SLR. that's all

lumberjim · 06-17-2004, 09:11 AM

concealed nanny-cam screen capture?

blase · 06-17-2004, 07:14 PM

It's really just a waste dump from a 747

Elspode · 06-17-2004, 10:29 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Slartibartfast
What's with the funny camera angle? Does New Zealand have a 9 foot photographer on the beat?

To allow a single shot to show the point of entry, where it landed, the resident and the object all in one shot?

Beestie · 06-18-2004, 12:04 AM

Apparently, this little booger was only the opening act.

House-sized meteor hits Australia

Hopefully, that concludes the show.

Elspode · 06-19-2004, 07:08 PM

A house-sized meteor falling *anywhere* on the Earth would be pretty hard to overlook. It it made it to the ground, you'd just have to look for the mile-wide, smoldering crater. If it exploded in the air, there would be significant chunks scattered around, and the explosion would have been enormous.

A house-sized meteor would be the biggest thing to fall on the Earth in modern history.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-19-2004, 08:11 PM

Wouldn't you have to know how far away it was to estimate its size?

06-16-2004, 01:17 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	6/16/2004: Meteorite hits home Brenda Archer holds a meteorite that crashed through the roof of her Auckland, New Zealand, home, hit a couch and rolled under a computer. It wasn't clear whether her homeowner's policy includes meteor showers.

06-16-2004, 01:56 PM	#2
Beestie -◊\|≡·∙■·∙≡\|◊- Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Parts unknown. Posts: 4,081	How do we know its not really a martian egg? Especially the way it curled up under the computer table. No way I'd sleep with that "thing" in the house __________________ ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦

06-16-2004, 04:07 PM	#4
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	he's standing on a sheep, they're everywhere. __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

06-16-2004, 04:11 PM	#5
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	looks like a giant charcoal briquette. wonder if it's match light? __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

06-16-2004, 06:43 PM	#6
Guess What's my name? Guess Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 69	i would think a meteorite of that size would make a crater or more destruction, but seeing as i'm not very learned in the meteorite world, what would i know __________________ "Earth laughs in flowers" ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

06-16-2004, 03:47 PM	#3
Slartibartfast \|-0-\| <-0-> \|-0-\| Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: New Jersey Posts: 516	What's with the funny camera angle? Does New Zealand have a 9 foot photographer on the beat?

06-16-2004, 07:40 PM	#7
Slartibartfast \|-0-\| <-0-> \|-0-\| Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: New Jersey Posts: 516	I've read that most meteorites that come down like that are warm to the touch, not hot. You can walk right over and pick it up as soon as it hits the ground. Imagine that, from way out in space to in your hands in a matter of a minute or so. But beware the ones that glow or ooze green goo, don't touch those.

06-17-2004, 06:34 AM	#8
jojomonkeygirl Vivacious Vivisectionist Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: NC Posts: 36	The cameraman isn't tall...she's just really short. The couch and table are actually on the floor. They have no legs. And aren't her hands alittle out of proportion? They're HUGE...and who told her that color lipstick was good for meteorite showings? Ok, I'm crabby...goin to bed now.

06-17-2004, 09:06 AM	#9
Tomas Rueda Master of the Domain Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Beaumont Tx 77701 Posts: 229	it's a fish-eye lens attached to the SLR. that's all __________________ Tom@s _____Rueda

06-17-2004, 09:11 AM	#10
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	concealed nanny-cam screen capture? __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

06-17-2004, 07:14 PM	#11
blase Coronation Incarnate Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Boulder, CO Posts: 91	It's really just a waste dump from a 747

06-18-2004, 12:04 AM	#13
Beestie -◊\|≡·∙■·∙≡\|◊- Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Parts unknown. Posts: 4,081	Apparently, this little booger was only the opening act. House-sized meteor hits Australia Hopefully, that concludes the show. __________________ ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦

06-19-2004, 07:08 PM	#14
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	A house-sized meteor falling anywhere on the Earth would be pretty hard to overlook. It it made it to the ground, you'd just have to look for the mile-wide, smoldering crater. If it exploded in the air, there would be significant chunks scattered around, and the explosion would have been enormous. A house-sized meteor would be the biggest thing to fall on the Earth in modern history. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

06-19-2004, 08:11 PM	#15
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Wouldn't you have to know how far away it was to estimate its size? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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