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"A meteor landed in England last night and the scientists are advising anyone finding it not to touch it.. why is it so dangerous.. are there virus and bacteria from outta space?"
It's most likely radioactive because it had been exposed to the sun's rays outside our atmosphere. |
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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago
Chelmsford |
"A meteor landed in England last night and the scientists are advising anyone finding it not to touch it.. why is it so dangerous.. are there virus and bacteria from outta space?
It's most likely radioactive because it had been exposed to the sun's rays outside our atmosphere. "
Are you serious ?
Are they dangerous |
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"Whats that film where the pensioners all go swimming with a bit of meteor and all go younger?
Might be like that   
Cocoon? "
Yes that's the one. They all went old again at the end tho and one died.
Tom I think you should take one for the team and go touch it for us
Don't forget to report back. |
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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago
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I prefer to throw some soil over it, let it cool for a few weeks until the fuss dies down and then dig it up and cover with aluminium foil. My only worry is what it might do to the earthworms in this period... |
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By *an4funMan
over a year ago
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"Under uk law 20 percent or 20gms which ever is smaller must be donated to institutes for scientific purposes,the rest is yours to keep or sell to the highest bidder "
I'd use it as a paperweight  |
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"I prefer to throw some soil over it, let it cool for a few weeks until the fuss dies down and then dig it up and cover with aluminium foil. My only worry is what it might do to the earthworms in this period..."
Tremors |
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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago
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"Just to confirm. I have not found a meteor. I was merely posing the question...
Tell it to the cops , Tom."
No seriously. It's all over the news. There was a big fireball in the sky last night over the uk. I don't make this nonsense up.. |
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"We have a chunk of a meteor* on our mantelpiece. We seem to have survived thus far...
*Not the one that recently landed."
I hate to be a pedant but meteors burn up as they enter the atmosphere & don't make it to the ground
It's meteorites make it to the ground - every days a school day! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"These meteors have been tracked down. Landed on somebody's front drive? What's the chances of that.. ?
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I emptied my barbie over the neighbours fence and now I feel bad... |
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"A meteor landed in England last night and the scientists are advising anyone finding it not to touch it.. why is it so dangerous.. are there virus and bacteria from outta space?"
Its cold, thats all. Millenia in space versus minutes in the atmosphere doesn't make a hot rock. The fireball you see is compression of the air in front of the meteorite due to the speed it is moving at. They are probably also hoping to collect it and use it for research so they would like it to be as uncontaminated as possible. |
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"We have a chunk of a meteor* on our mantelpiece. We seem to have survived thus far...
*Not the one that recently landed.
I hate to be a pedant but meteors burn up as they enter the atmosphere & don't make it to the ground
It's meteorites make it to the ground - every days a school day! "
Yep and it's a meteoroid if it's still in space |
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It is simply because they don't want it contaminated. If you read the reports about the parts that have been found one of the things mentioned that the scientific community is pleased about its that they were collected properly.
To give an idea of how special it is, of 65000 or so known meteorite samples, only 50 something are of this particular type. We have spent billions sending spacecraft to meet with and return samples from asteroids and then a chunk of exactly that type of rock literally falls out the sky and smashes on someone's drive.
The samples have gone to the Natural History Museum - not the men in black.
Only you could conjour up a conspiracy theory out of that Tom.
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"A meteor landed in England last night and the scientists are advising anyone finding it not to touch it.. why is it so dangerous.. are there virus and bacteria from outta space?"
Because you might contaminate it with human bacteria, it's very unlikely to have any thing from outerspace on it because of the heat of entering the atmosphere |
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