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Boy Hit By Meteorite Travelling At 30,000mph
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A teenager was hit by a meteorite travelling at 30,000mph - and lived to tell the tale. Skip related content
Gerrit Blank was on his way to school when he saw a massive fireball heading straight towards him from the sky.
The white-hot meteorite bounced off the schoolboy's hand and hit the ground so hard it left a foot-long crater in the tarmac - as well as a three-inch scar on his hand.
Full Story:
uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20090612/tod-boy-hit...ng-at-3-870a197.html
Talk about being in the wrong place at the wrong time... I was stuck indoors at work!
Seanie.
Gerrit Blank was on his way to school when he saw a massive fireball heading straight towards him from the sky.
The white-hot meteorite bounced off the schoolboy's hand and hit the ground so hard it left a foot-long crater in the tarmac - as well as a three-inch scar on his hand.
Full Story:
uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20090612/tod-boy-hit...ng-at-3-870a197.html
Talk about being in the wrong place at the wrong time... I was stuck indoors at work!
Seanie.
Midlands Astronomy Club.
Radio Presenter (Midlands 103), Space Enthusiast, Astronomy Outreach Co-ordinator.
Former IFAS Chairperson and Secretary.
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I wonder if he will develop "superpowers" after being hit by a radioactive meteorite :silly:
Very lucky not to have been seriously injured or killed.
Very lucky not to have been seriously injured or killed.
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15 years 6 months ago #78779
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A foot long crater on the tarmac ??
He's lucky he's not injured !
He's lucky he's not injured !
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Dave_Lillis wrote:
I think you could call it artistic license, as he is a young teenage boy... from Germany...
Seanie.
A foot long crater on the tarmac ??
He's lucky he's not injured !
I think you could call it artistic license, as he is a young teenage boy... from Germany...
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Holy Freakin' Balls of Fire from Above Batman!
That is mental.
That is mental.
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Must be an Irish guy working for Space.com
www.space.com/news/090612-boy-hit-by-meteorite.html
"...scared the bejeezus out of him"
Difficult to see how a pea-sized meteorite could create a foot-long crater.
Michael
www.space.com/news/090612-boy-hit-by-meteorite.html
"...scared the bejeezus out of him"
Difficult to see how a pea-sized meteorite could create a foot-long crater.
Michael
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