nicholasjon.com :: a weblog >> posts tagged: meteor http://nicholasjon.com/ Sat, 12 Jul 2008 04:30:46 GMT nicholasjon.com :: an rss feed http://www.nicholasjon.com/images/n_ficon.gif http://nicholasjon.com/ nicholasjon.com :: favicon Pseudo-science explains the Tunguska event http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2008/7/12/pseudoscience_explains_the_tunguska_event <p>Summary: A mini-black hole hit, and then became lodged in, the Earth.</p><p>Link: <a href="http://vurdalak.com/soapbox/current/soapboxseminar.htm#continuepoint">http://vurdalak.com/soapbox/current/soapboxseminar.htm#continuepoint</a></p> Sat, 12 Jul 2008 04:30:46 GMT http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2008/7/12/pseudoscience_explains_the_tunguska_event nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) Rethinking the Tunguska disaster http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2007/12/19/rethinking_the_tunguska_disaster <p>New supercomputer-powered models offer a different view of the impact, suggesting it might not have taken quite as big of a meteor as originally thought. Be sure to check out the movies linked in their sidebar for some <a href="http://www.sandia.gov/videos2007/2007-6514Pfire.hv1.1.mpg">stunning visualizations</a> of some extremely complicated fluid dynamics.</p><p>Link: <a href="http://www.sandia.gov/news/resources/releases/2007/asteroid.html">http://www.sandia.gov/news/resources/releases/2007/asteroid.html</a></p> Wed, 19 Dec 2007 07:59:30 GMT http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2007/12/19/rethinking_the_tunguska_disaster nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) Meteor crash in Peru caused mysterious illness http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2007/9/26/meteor_crash_in_peru_caused_mysterious_illness <p>Possibly due to arsenic in the groundwater. Interesting theory.</p><p>Link: <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/09/070921-meteor-peru.html">http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/09/070921-meteor-peru.html</a></p> Wed, 26 Sep 2007 20:08:52 GMT http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2007/9/26/meteor_crash_in_peru_caused_mysterious_illness nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) Twelve things you need to watch the Perseid meteors Sunday night http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2007/8/10/twelve_things_you_need_to_watch_the_perseid_meteors_sunday_night <p>Link: <a href="http://www.badastronomy.com/bablog/2007/08/09/12-things-you-need-to-watch-the-perseid-meteors-sunday-night/">http://www.badastronomy.com/bablog/2007/08/09/12-things-you-need-to-watch-the-perseid-meteors-sunday-night/</a></p> Fri, 10 Aug 2007 10:29:47 GMT http://nicholasjon.com/permalink/2007/8/10/twelve_things_you_need_to_watch_the_perseid_meteors_sunday_night nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick)