Dan_Moore comments on [LINK] Neil deGrasse Tyson on killer asteroids - Less Wrong

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Comment author: gwern 05 April 2012 02:17:58PM 0 points [-]

I can't believe you're seriously arguing terminology in response to my cite.

But OK, if you want to play that game... what is an asteroid that survives to reach the ground and kill someone?

Comment author: Dan_Moore 05 April 2012 02:41:40PM *  0 points [-]

But OK, if you want to play that game... what is an asteroid that survives to reach the ground and kill someone?

A historically unprecedented event?

This article describes the properties of asteroids vs. meteorites.

Collisions between asteroids in space create smaller asteroidal fragments and these fragments are the sources of most meteorites that have struck the Earth's surface.

Comment author: gwern 05 April 2012 03:24:49PM 0 points [-]

So you wish to explain away all those reports of deaths as due solely 100% to meteorites rather than asteroids? I see...

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