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2.3.03 |
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2.10.03 |
Great Balls of Fire: The Story of Meteors, Asteroids, and Craters of Doom Meteors, Asteroids, Meteorites? What's the difference? Could an asteroid strike create havoc on the earth? Here is some evidence of what has happened before. Great Balls of of Fire nice overview of the issues; also some neat animations Barringer Meteorite Crater in Arizona Shoemaker-Levy 9 Comet and its rendezvous with Jupiter What killed the Dinosaurs? and other theories... An interesting compendium of sites |
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2.17.03 |
Investigating Impact Craters
Activity: Impact studies Comparing weight, mass, and density. |
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2.24.03 |
Near
Earth Asteroids, Eros, & Project NEAR Finding out what Eros is made of. But why? Just scientific curiosity or was it something more sinister? How dangerous is Eros? Revisiting Project NEAR Shoemaker. What did we learn from this amazing enterprise? |
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3.3.03 |
Conclusion: Asteroid Watch
- Chasing Fireballs in the Sky Wrapup & Debriefing Week |
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