Let's see if we can avoid hurricanes and horrible weather in November. The November meeting is all about possible, no probable, impacts from the sky and what we are doing about these rare but inevitable events that have happened many times in our past and continue to occur even today.
The meeting will be on 13 November 2018 in the Lakehouse Ballroom at 7:00 PM, doors open at 6:30 PM.
The reference list follows should you want to read up on the subject before the event.
References for Presentation "Impact from the Sky - A Status Report," 2018 Nov 13
* “The Impact Threat,” Sky &Telescope Magazine, pgs. 12-20, 2018 June
* “Asteroid Plundering,” Sky & Telescope Magazine, 21-28, 2018 June
* “Galileo’s Commandment an Anthology of Great Science Writing,” edited by Edmund Blair Bolles, 1997
** Tunguska, 30 June 1908. “…even the light of the Sun appear[ed] dark…” .” Galileo’s Commandment”, pg. 465, Richard Preston, 1987
** Holbrook, AZ, 1912. “It’s raining rocks out here.” Galileo’s Commandment, pg. 465, Richard Preston, 1987
** Johnstown, CO, 6 July 1924. ”Mr. Clingenpeel, the undertaker, dug it up.” .” Galileo’s Commandment, pg. 465, Richard Preston, 1987
** Aba, Japan, 28 Apr 1927. “… she cried out. She had been struck on the head by a meteorite the size of a mung bean, …” .” Galileo’s Commandment, pg. 465, Richard Preston, 1987
** Sylacauga, AL, 30 Nov 1954. “… E. Hulitt Hodges… bruised her viciously on the hip. …” .” Galileo’s Commandment, pg. 465, Richard Preston, 1987
** Utah, 10 Aug 1972. “ … something came in from space … at Mach 20 ,,,” .” Galileo’s Commandment, pg. 465, Richard Preston, 1987
** 16 – 22 July 1994. “ …fragments collided with Jupiter's southern hemisphere … at 134,000 mph.” Wikipedia
* Chelyabinsk, Russia 15 Feb 2013. About 1500 people were injured. Wikipedia
* List of Impact Craters on Earth, Wikipedia
* Project Icarus Report – MIT Spring 1967
* “The Comet from Another Star,” Sky &Telescope Magazine, pgs. 20-26, 2018 October
Fiction:
*"Lucifer's Hammer", by Jerry Pournelle and David Niven, 1977
*"Evolution" by Stephen Baxter, 2004
*"The Hammer of God" by Arthur Clarke, 1993
