why? WHY?!
2007-03-16 08:25:31 · 15 answers · asked by ncman372000 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
It’s been done? Eh? EH!? Well if you’re talking about this question being asked ‘cause it’s part of that Carpenter’s song then I beg to differ Captain Flap Doodle. No. I searched for this question beforehand & it had not been asked. Sure, plenty of people asked “Why do birds suddenly appear everytime you are near?” yet noone had posed this question. Perhaps I should report you for Abuse, emotional abuse because I was trying to be clever & you tried to pee on my parade. But instead, I award you w/ BEST ANSWER with ALL 5 points.
2007-03-20 01:04:20 · update #1
Eh.
It's been done.
2007-03-16 09:29:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do not know. I did wash. I promise.
Stars that "fall" from the sky (a.k.a. falling stars or shooting star) are not stars. They are bits of rock, dust or ice that are on their own orbit around the Sun. There are gazillions of these things so that we are bound to intercept one every once in a while. On average, an observer with a clear dark sky should see about 6 per hour.
When the thingy hits out atmosphere at high speed (somewhere between 20 km/s and 60 km/s, depending on its orbit), it pushes the air out of the way so fast that the air starts to glow at the point of maximum pressure (the glow is from ram pressure, not from the grain burning off).
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There are carpenter bees and carpet beetles. Cross them, and you'll get an insect that sings
Yesterday,
all the stars fall to be close to you
Now it looks as though they're here to stay
Oh I believe in dreams come true.
Why she
sprayed moon dust
in her hair
I couldn't say,
why she
had to follow you
just to be like me,
close to you.
Yesterday...
(and so on)
Sorry
2007-03-16 08:33:08 · answer #2 · answered by Raymond 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Global Warming
2007-03-16 08:42:31 · answer #3 · answered by Samantha 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Carpenter's - Close To You. Great Song.
2007-03-16 08:34:21 · answer #4 · answered by krodgibami 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They aren't stars, they are meteors. The earth is constantly running into small quantities of space crud, which mostly burns up in the atmosphere. Occasionally, a larger piece is encountered, and some of it manages to reach the ground.
2007-03-16 09:00:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
those are asteroids which fall from the sky and not stars. Asteroids whilst achieving earth environment burn out. as a results of vivid gentle they set loose, you get the effect that they are stars.
2016-10-02 05:51:19 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Let's hope that never actually happens. If a star "fell down from the sky" and collided with Earth we would all be incinerated.
2007-03-16 08:31:40 · answer #7 · answered by The Wired 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Halitosis?
2007-03-16 08:34:09 · answer #8 · answered by guy o 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just like me, they long to be close to you.
Hey, wait - wrong category!
2007-03-16 08:32:29 · answer #9 · answered by Bramblyspam 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just like me,
they want to be,
close to you....
2007-03-16 19:19:47 · answer #10 · answered by kwilfort 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because I'm tripping on LSD.
2007-03-16 08:31:23 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋