https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peekskill_meteorite
This was a noteable Wikipedia story recently (maybe coincidently).
If everything in the universe is the same age (emerging from the big bang), is 4.4 billion years the last time the meteorite had a serious physical transformation (to it’s current form)? If not, what is meant with 4.4 billion years old?
[1] Regardless of https://youtu.be/T5f8WoV0zbQ
I'm not at all into the proper side of science, but one thing that strikes me is that since conception doesn't have to lead to a child being born [1], celebrating the final more obvious "success case" makes more sense to me.
https://overseas.mofa.go.kr/no-en/brd/m_21237/view.do?seq=33....
My daughter arrived 10 weeks premature and with her being only 16 months old now since birth, whenever we’re asked her age it’s normally for people to compare her progress developmentally and we have to do a quick calculation in our heads.
It made me realise that date of birth is not especially significant compared to date of conception.
Fortune as time goes on it will matter less.
*shudders*
The actual process from gas to final rock takes a much shorter time of span than has passed since it occurred. Thus, we can say that the whole process happened 4.4 billion years ago without there being much importance to e.g. the gas coalescing into microscopic grains 4.4832 billion years ago and the near-final shape of the object being established 4.3681 billion years ago.
Thats 19,130434783 galactic years.. so in theory that sort of debris once caught could come from anywhere in the galaxy we tumbled through
And it wasn't solid iron at that point, rather disperse iron atoms.
That's probably one of the most unique insurance claims in history.
There has been (one, perhaps two?) cases of damage to car by meteorite in the last decade, in the same period there have been billions of insurance policies issued. The per insurance policy cost is negligible.
That means I don’t need any separate insurance for my laptop, phone, headphones, watch, what have you. And if just one of those breaks in the span of 3 years, I’ve already broken even at worst, or a net €2570 ‘gain’ at best.
(edit: though in hindsight I realise that's a useless 'recommendation' if I can't recall the name...)
If you do an oopsy, and someone dies or even ends up in a wheelchair, how are you going to pay for the resulting lawsuit otherwise? Covering repairs is just an added bonus on top of the CYA.
Also consider if you end up in a wheelchair or quadriplegic: what happens if the person who hit you is a deadbeat driving around without insurance? Do you think you'll be able to extract anything out of them with a standard lawsuit?
Do you have general life insurance with critical illness coverage? Do you have any kind of income replacement policy?
* https://www.investopedia.com/articles/personal-finance/01041...
More to the point, your (liability) car insurance is to protect the other person
I mean, what happened with the twin towers and the other affected buildings, not to mention the tens of thousands of people that died or were injured as a consequence, in terms of insurance?
Why would it be counted as a same attack, two planes hit two seperate buildings so they are two separate events.
> [Michelle] Knapp had just purchased the car for $300. Immediately following the extraterrestrial impact, the vehicle was sold to Iris Lang, wife of renowned meteorite collector and dealer Al Lang, for $25,000.
I mean I've had some damage early this year, a guy backed up into our car on a parking lot (his back window was misted and he didn't look properly or respond to the horn), after checking in with the insurance we took it to the garage and everything was handled after that.
Granted, "living with the damage" would probably not be feasible in a meteor impact scenario, but for lesser damage it can work.