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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 19 Apr 2014

    Yup. Some of the hundreds of tons of meteors that Earth plows through daily do this: http://bit.ly/Qv74Ef  via @DrFunkySpoon

    11:05 AM - 19 Apr 2014
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      1. Paolo Rivera‏ @PaoloMRivera 19 Apr 2014
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        @neiltyson @DrFunkySpoon Do meteors aim for Russia?

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      2. Rosemary A. Blodgett‏ @RosemaryAubry 19 Apr 2014
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        @neiltyson @DrFunkySpoon I can imagine myself freaking out pretty good if I was driving and "out of nowhere" saw this happening.

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      3. David Grinspoon‏Verified account @DrFunkySpoon 19 Apr 2014
        Replying to @RosemaryAubry

        @RosemaryAubry @neiltyson Yes - it would be scary but also exciting. I would love to see one of these!

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      4. Rosemary A. Blodgett‏ @RosemaryAubry 19 Apr 2014
        Replying to @DrFunkySpoon

        @DrFunkySpoon unless it was coming straight at you - I wouldn't love seeing that, but otherwise yes :)

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      5. David Grinspoon‏Verified account @DrFunkySpoon 19 Apr 2014
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        @RosemaryAubry agreed!

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      2. Ron Simpson‏ @rgspol 19 Apr 2014
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        @neiltyson @DrFunkySpoon How much of that fine dust on my roof (MI=non-desert) is origin extraterrestrial?

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      3. bibbleco‏ @bibbleco 19 Apr 2014
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        @rgspol @neiltyson @DrFunkySpoon a very small, but non-zero, proportion. Airborne dust travels thousands of miles. Possible it's from Gobi

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      4. Ron Simpson‏ @rgspol 19 Apr 2014
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        @bibbleco @neiltyson @DrFunkySpoon Thanks! Also attended multiple digs & always wondered all that strata comes from. Erosion, but so much!

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      1. GeekFurious: author of a novel no one will read‏ @GeekFurious 19 Apr 2014
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        @neiltyson @DrFunkySpoon One of these days we'll be wiped out by a much larger one, because we cut funding to pay for more pointless wars.

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      1. David J‏ @David_J1973 19 Apr 2014
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        @neiltyson @DrFunkySpoon How come Russians always see the meteorites

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      1. UdnSpeak4me‏ @UdnSpeak4me 19 Apr 2014
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        @neiltyson @LeftsideAnnie @DrFunkySpoon land on GOP heads?pic.twitter.com/iGrMGwIHzi

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      1. DSmith‏ @Smitdel 19 Apr 2014
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        @neiltyson great response to the "why are there no women in science" question posed at the Center for Inquiry panel.

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      2. IU New Zealand‏ @eommafu 19 Apr 2014
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        @neiltyson @DrFunkySpoon I'm a very new 'sky watcher' from New Zealand, do we get much celestial activity down this way?

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      3. David Grinspoon‏Verified account @DrFunkySpoon 19 Apr 2014
        Replying to @eommafu

        @eommafu @neiltyson yes! Southern skies r best - looking toward center of Milky Way so more 2 c! But meteors strike anywhere w/out prejudice

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      4. IU New Zealand‏ @eommafu 19 Apr 2014
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        @DrFunkySpoon @neiltyson Wonderful thank you for the tip. I will enjoy watching the activity our beautiful skies have to offer.

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      2. Greg Jonsson‏Verified account @Jonssonville 19 Apr 2014
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        @neiltyson @drfunkyspoon We need to step up our game vs the Russians. There's a dashcam gap. How many of these are happening here?

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      1. Arne Elenbaas‏ @GrowlingChemist 19 Apr 2014
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        "@neiltyson: Yup. Some of the hundreds of tons of meteors that Earth plows through daily do this: http://bit.ly/Qv74Ef  via @DrFunkySpoon"

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