tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4455700514377143758.post3546478997013515690..comments2024-03-28T07:00:06.844+00:00Comments on Now Appearing: Hitting QI in the asteroidsBrian Clegghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12723555872580740773noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4455700514377143758.post-62803720151303884562013-02-18T17:24:13.089+00:002013-02-18T17:24:13.089+00:00They were talking of a circa 1 tonne object, I thi...They were talking of a circa 1 tonne object, I think - but these things often explode in the air, in which case the debris that ended up in the lake would only be a fragment (and, of course, if it were rocky, much of it would be lost on the way in from ablation). Craters are usually a lot bigger than the meteorite because of the shockwave produced - I don't know about a hole punched in the ice...Brian Clegghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12723555872580740773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4455700514377143758.post-43614779687408488692013-02-18T17:14:29.801+00:002013-02-18T17:14:29.801+00:00Good to have your brain back if nothing else...apr...Good to have your brain back if nothing else...apropos the meteorite that supposedly fell into a frozen lake in Russia last week, would it be possible to work out the size of the meteorite from the size of the hole in the ice? And then presumably to go and look for it on the bottom of the lake? <br /><br />It wasn't just a small hot fragment of metal that created that hole - it must have been quite a size....mustn't it ?Laurasdadnoreply@blogger.com