[FPSPACE] Boy hit by space rock !

[Rick Kline]

Jens,

Sorry, I don't understand how you arrived at the "one hit every other 
year" figure. Seem to be missing some data.
Rick

Jens Kieffer-Olsen wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Locker [mailto:john at satcom.freeserve.co.uk] 
> Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 1:35 PM
>  
>   
> http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20090612/tod-boy-hit-by-meteorite-travelling-at-3
> -870a197.html
>   
>> John 
>>     
>
>  From the above link:
>  "Chances of being struck by a meteorite are around one in 100 million"
>
>  Assuming a human population numbering 6 bn people, does that
>  translate into 60 people likely to be hit by a meteorite?
>
>  That's one hit every other year, isn't it?
>
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> Jens Kieffer-Olsen
> Slagelse, Denmark
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