[meteorite-list] Meteorite from Jupiter-- uh, I mean TO Jupiter

[Mark]

oh yeah! big difference!
not a problem though...interesting guesstimating what it would be like.....I 
think I'll try the rock on yappy dog experiment though...regular dogs are 
ok, but across the street there's this.......
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Peterson" <clp at alumni.caltech.edu>
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Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 9:31 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite from Jupiter-- uh, I mean TO Jupiter


> Sorry, that should have been 30 mm, not cm. It was previously suggested 
> that the stone in question probably massed 50 g, which means about a 30 mm 
> diameter. No doubt, you don't want to get hit by a 30 cm stone falling at 
> 50-100 m/s!
>
> Chris
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mark" <mafer at imagineopals.com>
> To: "Chris Peterson" <clp at alumni.caltech.edu>
> Cc: "meteoritelist" <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 6:46 PM
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> Jupiter
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>
>> hmmm...lets do some math
>> an LL stone is about 3.21 grams per cm cubed...that works out to about 1 
>> pound for just a 1 cm slice of your 30 cm meteorite, is that not correct?
>> And anything moving at 50 m/s weighing a pound can sure crush a skull if 
>> I'm not mistaken.
>> A 50 gram stone might only bruise, but a 30 cm stone can kill.
>> Just get on your house roof with a 1 pound piece of rock and wait for the 
>> little yappy dog from next door to come walking by and see for yourself.
>
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