Norwegian skydiver nearly struck by meteorite
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Re: Norwegian skydiver nearly struck by meteorite
#2He almost got taken out by 1/100bn odds.
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#3Is it me or does it look like the "meteorite" is moving quite slow. Shouldn't it be moving so fast that you'd need a high speed camera to see it in that detail?
Also...his parachute is always above him, maybe it fell out of that.
Re: Norwegian skydiver nearly struck by meteorite
#4Is it me or does it look like the "meteorite" is moving quite slow. Shouldn't it be moving so fast that you'd need a high speed camera to see it in that detail? Also...his parachute is always above him, maybe it fell out of that.
Yep; so slow that there is no motion blur.
Odds of a meteor are absurdly really low. Much more likely this is a fake or a rock packed in his chute.
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#5You can skip to the photo collage to get a better look at it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=jfE...
Re: Norwegian skydiver nearly struck by meteorite
#6Is it me or does it look like the "meteorite" is moving quite slow. Shouldn't it be moving so fast that you'd need a high speed camera to see it in that detail? Also...his parachute is always above him, maybe it fell out of that.
Once the friction of the atmosphere has had a chance to slow it down, what then is the terminal velocity of a rock that size? Not fast is my intuition.
As for falling out of the parachute, and whether it really is a meteorite, the article discusses that: probably not, and almost certainly yes.
Re: Norwegian skydiver nearly struck by meteorite
#7Is it me or does it look like the "meteorite" is moving quite slow. Shouldn't it be moving so fast that you'd need a high speed camera to see it in that detail? Also...his parachute is always above him, maybe it fell out of that.
It had already entered the atmosphere, and probably slowed down significantly due to friction, then based on its mass it reached a low terminal velocity.
Re: Norwegian skydiver nearly struck by meteorite
#8Is it me or does it look like the "meteorite" is moving quite slow. Shouldn't it be moving so fast that you'd need a high speed camera to see it in that detail? Also...his parachute is always above him, maybe it fell out of that.
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Re: Norwegian skydiver nearly struck by meteorite
#9Is it me or does it look like the "meteorite" is moving quite slow. Shouldn't it be moving so fast that you'd need a high speed camera to see it in that detail? Also...his parachute is always above him, maybe it fell out of that.
The article states that the meteorite already slowed down to around 300 km/h because the incident happened at a low altitude and the heavy braking was already over.
Re: Norwegian skydiver nearly struck by meteorite
#10Is it me or does it look like the "meteorite" is moving quite slow. Shouldn't it be moving so fast that you'd need a high speed camera to see it in that detail? Also...his parachute is always above him, maybe it fell out of that.
It's right after his parachute opens, so he hasn't slowed down that much yet.