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1dave misunderstood rock expert Awed by the Universe! Member since October 2013 Posts: 10,525	Impact Angles May 17, 2022 11:22:24 GMT -5 jamesp and jasoninsd like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by 1dave on May 17, 2022 11:22:24 GMT -5 Does the angle of impact have any effect? My original explanation attempt: This morning: I consider myself a "gooderizer."
	I'm a ROCKOLOGIST !

jamesp Cave Dweller Member since October 2012 Posts: 35,928	Impact Angles May 20, 2022 18:28:09 GMT -5 1dave likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jamesp on May 20, 2022 18:28:09 GMT -5 How low an angle would be needed on water to make it skip Dave ? Why are most of the moon's craters round ? Or is there any oval shapes or trenches at all ? Doesn't it get struck from many angles ?

mohs can identify rocks - even green ones hardtbutte Member since January 2009 Posts: 19,210	Impact Angles May 21, 2022 11:54:43 GMT -5 1dave likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by mohs on May 21, 2022 11:54:43 GMT -5 Skiffing meteors Could account for the Papago Butte Formation mostly
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1dave misunderstood rock expert Awed by the Universe! Member since October 2013 Posts: 10,525	Impact Angles May 21, 2022 13:04:14 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by 1dave on May 21, 2022 13:04:14 GMT -5 As I remember from my distant childhood, you have to throw from as low (2-5^o) as you can get to get a decent skip - BUT the stone has to have a flat surface! This is good :
	Last Edit: May 21, 2022 13:05:16 GMT -5 by 1dave I'm a ROCKOLOGIST !

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rickb: ...or they will take the lotto bucks and bury you under a sidewalk Mar 23, 2023 11:58:54 GMT -5 *

mohs: relatively speaking
Mar 23, 2023 12:58:51 GMT -5

Wooferhound: The theory of Relatives Mar 23, 2023 13:32:30 GMT -5

rickb:

I agree Mar 23, 2023 16:30:32 GMT -5

mohs: weer so sorry (thumbs-up)

(thumbs-up)

Uncle Albert... Mar 23, 2023 17:27:57 GMT -5

mohs: Butte we haven't done a bloody Thang (sunshine)

(sunshine)

all day Mar 23, 2023 17:29:09 GMT -5 *

Wooferhound: Everything is Relative Mar 23, 2023 18:12:14 GMT -5

amygdule: Would you like to go swimming...?

Mar 23, 2023 19:00:50 GMT -5 *

mohs: & where would be with out icon_think them Mar 23, 2023 19:02:33 GMT -5

rickb:

Launch time bouy Mar 23, 2023 19:19:44 GMT -5 *

mohs: Land Ho ! Mar 23, 2023 19:46:24 GMT -5

rickb: the great white whale Mar 23, 2023 19:47:28 GMT -5

mohs: yooshmael Mar 23, 2023 19:53:45 GMT -5

mohs: he'd bottom out in Lake Peed Mar 23, 2023 19:56:27 GMT -5

mohs: or raise the level Mar 23, 2023 19:57:32 GMT -5

rickb:

(laugh)

Mar 23, 2023 20:12:22 GMT -5

mohs: it can happen (rotflmao1)

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Mar 23, 2023 20:22:30 GMT -5

1dave: An Hour and a half to Friday - Good Movie Title Mar 23, 2023 23:37:39 GMT -5

1dave:

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I distinctly remember forgetting that! Mar 24, 2023 0:25:51 GMT -5

rickb: 25 or 6 to 4, Oh yeah Mar 24, 2023 7:12:06 GMT -5

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