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The Skeptics Guide #892 - Aug 13 2022

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

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The Asteroid Slash Meteor

Scientists created a computer model to simulate the asteroid entering the earth's atmosphere and its meteoric descent. They used something called three d hydro dynamic modelling, which is typically used for water. But air molecules behave like water in a lot of ways. So they were able to recreate the motion of the meteor as it tumbled around and melted and broke apart when it was coming into the earth's Atmosphere.

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