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Neil deGrasse Tyson recounts a 1999 meteor that seemed “headed straight” for him
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Is There A Hidden Planet in Our Solar System?
What was said
"And then it disappeared in a puff of smoke. I SAID, "OH MY GOD, this was a meteor headed straight for me.""
Answering a listener’s question about the odds of being hit by a meteorite, Neil deGrasse Tyson recounts watching the 1999 Leonid meteor shower from the Brooklyn Bridge with his young daughter. He describes seeing a point of light intensify without an obvious streak and then vanish, which he interpreted as a meteor coming directly towards his position, burning up in the atmosphere.
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- Is There A Hidden Planet in Our Solar System?
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