[meteorite-list] Astronomers Survey Sky For Big Asteroids

From: Jim <Jim_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:55:46 2004
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No, I take the table to read that those are the odds for your lifetime. =
Not a yearly basis.

Jim Strope
421 Fourth Street
Glen Dale, WV 26038

Catch a Falling Star Meteorites
http://www.catchafallingstar.com

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  Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 3:29 PM
  Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Astronomers Survey Sky For Big Asteroids




    Your answer is at the bottom of the following webpage.=20

    http://geowww.gcn.ou.edu/~jahern/impacts/=20



  If the odds of dying of an asteroid/comet strike are 20,000 to 1, =
wouldn't that mean that 12,500 people (out of the USA's 250,000,000) =
figure to die that way? =20

  There is something wrong with this (surely), what is it?=20

  Gregory=20

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<DIV>No, I take the table to read that those are the odds for your=20
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WV&nbsp; 26038</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Catch a Falling Star Meteorites<BR><A=20
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  Survey Sky For Big Asteroids</DIV>
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  TYPE=3D"CITE">Your answer is at the bottom of the following webpage.=20
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of an=20
  asteroid/comet strike are 20,000 to 1, wouldn't that mean that 12,500 =
people=20
  (out of the USA's 250,000,000) figure to die that way? &nbsp;&nbsp;=20
  <BR><BR>There is something wrong with this (surely), what is it?=20
  <BR><BR>Gregory</FONT> </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>

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