Sentences with phrase «as bolides»

Luckily these asteroids, which range from 3 feet to almost 60 feet, are small enough to disintegrate in our atmosphere in bright flashes known as bolides, or «fireballs.»

Furthermore, it has yet to be demonstrated how a short - lived event, such as a bolide impact (or abrupt Arctic meltwater discharge, i.e., Tarasov and Peltier, 2005), can force a millennia - long cold event when state - of - the - art climate models require a continuous freshwater forcing for the duration of the AMOC reduction (e.g., Liu et al., 2009).

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Great to know more info from your aside from Hermes Birkin and Kelly.Love the story behind it and the Bolide as I seen here is such a beauty.

Affectionately known as the «Turbopanzer,» the Sunoco 917/30's turbocharged 5.4 - liter flat - 12 reportedly churned out an immense 1,580 hp in qualifying trim, enough to propel the yellow - and - blue bolide to 60 in 2.3 seconds and a theoretical top speed of a gear - limited 240 mph.

Ultimately, the bolide - forcing hypothesis predicts that the Younger Dryas is a unique deglacial event, as suggested by Broecker (2006).

This ongoing debate over the ultimate cause of the Younger Dryas has led to a search for other potential forcing mechanisms, such as an abrupt discharge of meltwater to the Arctic Ocean (Tarasov and Peltier, 2005) and a bolide impact (Firestone et al., 2007).

From the article:... Ultimately, the bolide - forcing hypothesis predicts that the Younger Dryas is a unique deglacial event, as suggested by Broecker (2006).