the speed

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Does anyone know at what speed does the average metorite strike the earth. Not the speed it traveles comming in, but the speed just before impact.

[speed]

Thanks ever so much for your detailed explanation.
Speed

[cchughs]

Boobie, your calculation is flawed I am sorry to say. I did my own and here are my findings.
X + (Z over 123 - 3 to the 3rd power) x Y * r squared = Hauling @ss at impact.

[rip]

[bdub]

Nice work boobie! That's amazing

[Hal Pollner]

Meteorites never strike the Earth.

Only METEORS strike the Earth!

After the Meteor has struck, it becomes a Meteorite.

Look at the famous Meteor Crater in Arizona. It's called the Meteor Crater because it was caused by a Meteor, not by a Meteorite. A Meteorite has no energy. It's just a chunk or Iron or Nickel that once had kinetic energy as a Meteor.

The only way a Meteorite can strike the Earth is if you drop one from an airplane to the Earth's surface.

Hal

[PAPPY]

http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives...8823.As.r.html

This may help a little too...PAPPY