10 votes Asteroid on collision course with Earth burns up hours after it was detected Posted June 5, 2018 by Algernon_Asimov Tags: asteroids, earth, solar system, collision courses, source.abc, short read http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-06-05/boulder-sized-asteroid-disintegrates-over-southern-africa/9835664 Link information This data is scraped automatically and may be incorrect. Published Jun 5 2018 Word count 399 words 2 comments Collapse replies Expand all Comments sorted by most votes newest first order posted relevance OK Algernon_Asimov (OP) June 5, 2018 Link So... what makes this object an asteroid and not a meteor? So... what makes this object an asteroid and not a meteor? 5 votes DonQuixote June 5, 2018 Link What I found was inconsistent: https://phys.org/news/2015-06-difference-asteroids-meteorites.html The article discusses size, but some meteorites are noted that are larger than this particular... What I found was inconsistent: https://phys.org/news/2015-06-difference-asteroids-meteorites.html The article discusses size, but some meteorites are noted that are larger than this particular asteroid. 1 vote
Algernon_Asimov (OP) June 5, 2018 Link So... what makes this object an asteroid and not a meteor? So... what makes this object an asteroid and not a meteor? 5 votes
DonQuixote June 5, 2018 Link What I found was inconsistent: https://phys.org/news/2015-06-difference-asteroids-meteorites.html The article discusses size, but some meteorites are noted that are larger than this particular... What I found was inconsistent: https://phys.org/news/2015-06-difference-asteroids-meteorites.html The article discusses size, but some meteorites are noted that are larger than this particular asteroid. 1 vote
So... what makes this object an asteroid and not a meteor?
What I found was inconsistent: https://phys.org/news/2015-06-difference-asteroids-meteorites.html
The article discusses size, but some meteorites are noted that are larger than this particular asteroid.