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  • Micrometeorite hits Webb mirror segment

    From RichA@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jun 9 07:41:46 2022
    https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-61744257

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  • From StarDust@21:1/5 to RichA on Thu Jun 9 08:32:44 2022
    On Thursday, June 9, 2022 at 7:41:48 AM UTC-7, RichA wrote:
    https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-61744257

    Space Shuttle's windows had to be replaced after every third flight, because the damages by micro meteorites.

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  • From StarDust@21:1/5 to Chris L Peterson on Thu Jun 9 15:13:07 2022
    On Thursday, June 9, 2022 at 2:20:07 PM UTC-7, Chris L Peterson wrote:
    On Thu, 9 Jun 2022 08:32:44 -0700 (PDT),
    wrote:
    On Thursday, June 9, 2022 at 7:41:48 AM UTC-7, RichA wrote:
    https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-61744257

    Space Shuttle's windows had to be replaced after every third flight, because the damages by micro meteorites.
    Micrometeoroids. Not micrometeorites.
    😲😲😲

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  • From Chris L Peterson@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jun 9 15:20:03 2022
    On Thu, 9 Jun 2022 08:32:44 -0700 (PDT), StarDust <csoka01@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    On Thursday, June 9, 2022 at 7:41:48 AM UTC-7, RichA wrote:
    https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-61744257

    Space Shuttle's windows had to be replaced after every third flight, because the damages by micro meteorites.

    Micrometeoroids. Not micrometeorites.

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  • From RichA@21:1/5 to Chris L Peterson on Thu Jun 9 16:01:26 2022
    On Thursday, 9 June 2022 at 17:20:07 UTC-4, Chris L Peterson wrote:
    On Thu, 9 Jun 2022 08:32:44 -0700 (PDT), StarDust <cso...@gmail.com>
    wrote:
    On Thursday, June 9, 2022 at 7:41:48 AM UTC-7, RichA wrote:
    https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-61744257

    Space Shuttle's windows had to be replaced after every third flight, because the damages by micro meteorites.
    Micrometeoroids. Not micrometeorites.

    Wow! Only three terms to describe the same objects...

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  • From StarDust@21:1/5 to RichA on Thu Jun 9 16:25:11 2022
    On Thursday, June 9, 2022 at 4:01:27 PM UTC-7, RichA wrote:
    On Thursday, 9 June 2022 at 17:20:07 UTC-4, Chris L Peterson wrote:
    On Thu, 9 Jun 2022 08:32:44 -0700 (PDT),
    wrote:
    On Thursday, June 9, 2022 at 7:41:48 AM UTC-7, RichA wrote:
    https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-61744257

    Space Shuttle's windows had to be replaced after every third flight, because the damages by micro meteorites.
    Micrometeoroids. Not micrometeorites.
    Wow! Only three terms to describe the same objects...

    MicroMacaroniOraites?

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  • From Chris L Peterson@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jun 10 07:46:13 2022
    On Thu, 9 Jun 2022 16:01:26 -0700 (PDT), RichA <rander3128@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    On Thursday, 9 June 2022 at 17:20:07 UTC-4, Chris L Peterson wrote:
    On Thu, 9 Jun 2022 08:32:44 -0700 (PDT), StarDust <cso...@gmail.com>
    wrote:
    On Thursday, June 9, 2022 at 7:41:48 AM UTC-7, RichA wrote:
    https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-61744257

    Space Shuttle's windows had to be replaced after every third flight, because the damages by micro meteorites.
    Micrometeoroids. Not micrometeorites.

    Wow! Only three terms to describe the same objects...

    There are several terms that can be used correctly (we usually use
    "dust"), but none that include "meteorite" are correct.

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  • From Quadibloc@21:1/5 to Chris L Peterson on Mon Jun 20 17:05:08 2022
    On Friday, June 10, 2022 at 7:46:17 AM UTC-6, Chris L Peterson wrote:

    There are several terms that can be used correctly (we usually use
    "dust"), but none that include "meteorite" are correct.

    Ah, yes. It's a meteoroid when it orbits the Sun, like an asteroid.

    It's a meteor when it blazes forth in our sky.

    And it's a meteorite when, having hit the ground, it is now a rock, and
    thus a kind of mineral.

    John Savard

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