Avi Loeb: “This object came from another solar system!” (#331)
Into the Impossible With Brian Keating
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The Impact of a Meteor Crater on Earth
Avi-Lobe: Is it just like this gift shop appearing next to the meteor crater in Arizona? And if so, if not, why? Let me explain. When examining impacts on earth, we can't really tell where these impactors came from. We can't say whether it's solar system origin or interstellar origin outside the solar system. What was special about the meteor from 2014 is that the US government satellites detected it when it exploded in the atmosphere and could measure its speed. It took them three years to end up confirming, as you said, the 99.999% confidence that indeed the arrow budget is extremely small. Their day job is national security. They put their reputation
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