[meteorite-list] 85 AD -2002 AD

From: meteorite1.net <themeteoritesite_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:54:05 2004
Message-ID: <OE20EhjJ8uT6Ssuot0O0000b7b1_at_hotmail.com>

Hi Rick,

    I believe that it is 0.00000000003175 of a second to travel 9.525 mm or
3/8 inch.

Jim
BTW it is 186,000 miles or 300,000 meters per second
The speed of light in vacuum is exactly 299,792,458 m/s (metres per second)


----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Nowak" <internationalmeteoritesociety_at_yahoo.com>
To: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2002 6:17 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] 85 AD -2002 AD


> The asteroid belt to my knowledge is 168,000,000
> million miles away from the Earth. If the average
> speed of the meteoroid coming out of the belt where 10
> mph that would mean in 24 hours it traveled 240 miles
> one week 1680 miles one year 87600 miles. In 100 years
> 8760000 miles To do 168,000,000 miles would take about
> 1917 years. So If I found a meteorite in 2002 the
> meteoroid had to start it's journey in 85 A.D. (if
> using AD - Anno Domini is to heavy for this list let
> me know) I wanted to present this write up as a sales
> pitch to the general public. Is this on or off track??
>
>
> Here is another one that crossed my mind. If light
> travels 186000000 miles per second. How long will it
> take in TIME for light to travel 3/8 of an inch???
>
>
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