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How a misbehaving meteorite changed the rules

The Tech Herald: A fast-travelling meteorite which struck a region near the Peruvian/Bolivian border in September 2007, should according to standard theory, have disintegrated in the Earth's atmosphere long before reaching the ground.

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The fact that the rock meteorite didn't perform as expected and instead crashed to earth leaving a deep 49-foot-wide (15 meter) crater, means scientists must now rethink their meteorite theories, said Peter Schultz, a professor of geological sciences at Brown University in Rhode Island.

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Posted by Physics Today on March 14, 2008 2:27 PM |

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