2007-08-23 16:41:19 · 50 answers · asked by Blah 6 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
You can catch Yahoo stars?
I never saw one fall.
If a star falls and
you don see it
does it count?
2007-08-23 16:43:45 · answer #1 · answered by Beach Saint 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It would depend on the size. Shooting stars, aka meteroids, can be as small as a grain of sand or as large as 66 tons. Fortunately they tend to burn up in the atmosphere of the earth on the way down, but there was that Siberia Explosion thing... (It was smaller than I thought...)
This guy on this website did some really cool paintings of the Siberian strike and gives some witness accounts...
http://www.psi.edu/projects/siberia/siberia.html
At 500 km (300 mi), observers reported "deafening bangs" and a fiery cloud on the horizon. About 170 km (110 mi) from the explosion, the object was seen in the cloudless, daytime sky as a brilliant, sunlike fireball; thunderous noises were heard. At distances around 60 km, people were thrown to the ground or even knocked unconscious; windows were broken and crockery knocked off shelves. Probably the closest observers were some reindeer herders asleep in their tents in several camps about 30 km (20 mi) from the site. They were blown into the air and knocked unconscious; one man was blown into a tree and later died. "Everything around was shrouded in smoke and fog from the burning fallen trees."
But, yes, I'd sure try to catch one anyway, if it came to me. I have sat out on the back porch all summer, waiting, and saw one lousy shooting star. It was really cool, but it's kind of like fishing in a dry stream bed to see one... If anyone has advice to give on how to catch, or even see a shooting star, do tell. I did the Perseids and Leonids thing...
http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:-Pr4yNb5UWUJ:www.northern-stars.com/meteor_showers.htm+yearly+meteor+showers&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us
But anyway, why not just enjoy it in it's brief time. Nothing lasts long, so live for the beauty of the moment.
2007-08-23 17:03:57 · answer #2 · answered by nowyat 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well, go head try to catch a star but onse it falls it wont fit in the palm of your hand any more because when there up in space they lool small, get up close and u will realize they are just a little bit smaller than the sun. Does that awnser you question?
2007-08-23 16:45:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
cause that would be stupid...you would look like a fool..trying to catch a falling star is like trying to catch a jet plane on foot lol
2007-08-23 16:44:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i never see stars fall before.
2007-08-23 16:44:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
too far to catch !
keep flying about in my dreams collecting the falling stars
;-)
2007-08-23 16:44:06 · answer #6 · answered by datasprite 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Because getting burned is scary! Its not easy to catch something that will hurt you.
2007-08-23 16:45:24 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They're usually drinking and puking and stuff...I don't want to get anything on my shoes. You meant Hollywood Stars right?
2007-08-23 16:44:28 · answer #8 · answered by Mizz SJG 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That would hurt like hell! I know better than to go trying to catch falling flaming gas balls like they were a homerun hit.
2007-08-23 16:43:13 · answer #9 · answered by neve_freak2001 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I am not fast enough. It is to high in the sky and if I could, it would burn a hole right through my catchers mitt and keep on going.
2007-08-23 16:44:57 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋