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Wrong place, wrong time
Tweet Topic Started: Feb 8 2016, 03:05 PM (121 Views)
George K	Feb 8 2016, 03:05 PM Post #1
Finally Posts: 89,012 Group: Members Member #249 Joined: August 4, 2005	Struck by a meteorite and killed Quote: NASA says there's no record of anyone being killed by a meteorite before A man was killed after being struck by a meteorite in India over the weekend, apparently becoming the first person in recorded history to die in such a manner. A bus driver, identified as V. Kamaraj, died after suffering severe injuries while he was walking close to the cafeteria at the Bharathidasan Engineering College, where the object hit, according to the Wall Street Journal. Three others were injured in the blast. “There was a noise like a big explosion,” G. Baskar, principal of the college in Tamil Nadu’s Vellore district, told the newspaper. “It was an abnormal sound that could be heard till at least 3 kilometers [about 2 miles] away.” Meteorite-caused injuries or deaths are incredibly rare, according to NASA, which said on its website that there is no record “in modern times of any person being killed by a meteorite.” “An individual’s chance of being killed by a meteorite is small, but the risk increases with the size of the impacting comet or asteroid,” NASA said. The meteorite left a 4-foot deep crater and shattered windows of classrooms and nearby vehicles. The explosion injured two gardeners and a student, according to the Wall Street Journal. Tamil Nadu’s Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa told the newspaper that a meteorite fell inside the campus.
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markallen	Feb 8 2016, 03:16 PM Post #2
Middle Aged Carp Posts: 629 Group: Members Member #11 Joined: April 18, 2005	George K Feb 8 2016, 03:05 PM Quote: ... but the risk increases with the size of the impacting comet or asteroid,” NASA said. Basic physics strikes again.



Copper	Feb 8 2016, 04:29 PM Post #3
Shortstop Posts: 29,907 Group: Members Member #426 Joined: February 14, 2007	George K Feb 8 2016, 03:05 PM Quote: NASA says there's no record of anyone being killed by a meteorite before Tell that to the dinosaurs.
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