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Tag Archives: Meteorites
Blog Post 6: What Sokka and King Tut have in common.
Avatar the Last Airbender has received a surge of popularity in the past few years, as it is considered one of the most popular cartoon shows to ever air. One of the characters, Sokka, is a teenage boy from the Southern Water tribe and has multiple tools and skills, like his boomerang, to save the […] Continue reading
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Meteorites
Meteorites are fascinating. As we learned in class, a meteor is a flash of light caused by a particle of dust or rock entering Earth’s atmosphere at a high speed. But, a meteorite is a meteor that survives its drop through the atmosphere and reaches Earth’s surface. In terms of discovering meteorites, there is aContinue reading “Meteorites” Continue reading
Almost Hit by a Meteorite
In the video above, a skydiver was almost hit by a meteorite falling through Earth’s atmosphere. There is only one person in recorded history, Ann Hodges from Alabama in 1954, to ever be hit by a meteorite and that was off of a bounce. With all of the people that have lived throughout human history, you have a better chance of […] Continue reading
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