Do meteorites really land on Earth, or did the interviewee mean that ironically?

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Technically speaking, landing is coming to rest after making contact with the ground.

Yes, but isn't it supposed to be smooth rather than violent?

Ships land, as do planes, drones, and skydivers.

Meteorites crash, fall ... uh ... collide with ... but land?

Mazurek said the meteorite came with a barn he bought in 1988 in
Edmore. He said the farmer who sold him the property told him it
landed in his backyard in the 1930s.

Did he mean that ironically? "Meteorite landed": a quick google search returns 30,000 results.

I mean, come on. John Harrington comes to mind:

Treason doth never prosper, what’s the reason?

For if it prosper,
none dare call it Treason.

Any thoughts?

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  Wait, this isn’t a trick question involving the distinction between meteorite and meteoroid, one of which has already "landed", is it? :)
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  I've never heard of ships "landing", They "enter port", but "land"?
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  @WS2: Oh, come on. For a moment I thought you were forgetting your classics, and was about to say something mildly derisive on that score, but then it occurred to me I could just google it. Here you go: explo-re.com/giant-cruise-ship-landed-venice
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Technically speaking, landing is coming to rest after making contact with the ground.

Yes, but isn't it supposed to be smooth rather than violent?

Ships land, as do planes, drones, and skydivers.

Meteorites crash, fall ... uh ... collide with ... but land?

Mazurek said the meteorite came with a barn he bought in 1988 in
Edmore. He said the farmer who sold him the property told him it
landed in his backyard in the 1930s.

Did he mean that ironically? "Meteorite landed": a quick google search returns 30,000 results.

I mean, come on. John Harrington comes to mind:

Treason doth never prosper, what’s the reason?

For if it prosper,
none dare call it Treason.

Any thoughts?

connotation

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  You can crash land.
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  @Pam: You could, but that would be inelegant.
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  Wait, this isn’t a trick question involving the distinction between meteorite and meteoroid, one of which has already "landed", is it? :)
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  I've never heard of ships "landing", They "enter port", but "land"?
  – WS2
  1 hour ago
  

  
  
  
  


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  @WS2: Oh, come on. For a moment I thought you were forgetting your classics, and was about to say something mildly derisive on that score, but then it occurred to me I could just google it. Here you go: explo-re.com/giant-cruise-ship-landed-venice
  – Ricky
  1 hour ago
  

  
  
  
  

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Technically speaking, landing is coming to rest after making contact with the ground.

Yes, but isn't it supposed to be smooth rather than violent?

Ships land, as do planes, drones, and skydivers.

Meteorites crash, fall ... uh ... collide with ... but land?

Mazurek said the meteorite came with a barn he bought in 1988 in
Edmore. He said the farmer who sold him the property told him it
landed in his backyard in the 1930s.

Did he mean that ironically? "Meteorite landed": a quick google search returns 30,000 results.

I mean, come on. John Harrington comes to mind:

Treason doth never prosper, what’s the reason?

For if it prosper,
none dare call it Treason.

Any thoughts?

connotation

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Technically speaking, landing is coming to rest after making contact with the ground.

Yes, but isn't it supposed to be smooth rather than violent?

Ships land, as do planes, drones, and skydivers.

Meteorites crash, fall ... uh ... collide with ... but land?

Mazurek said the meteorite came with a barn he bought in 1988 in
Edmore. He said the farmer who sold him the property told him it
landed in his backyard in the 1930s.

Did he mean that ironically? "Meteorite landed": a quick google search returns 30,000 results.

I mean, come on. John Harrington comes to mind:

Treason doth never prosper, what’s the reason?

For if it prosper,
none dare call it Treason.

Any thoughts?

connotation

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  You can crash land.
  – Pam
  2 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


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  @Pam: You could, but that would be inelegant.
  – Ricky
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  Wait, this isn’t a trick question involving the distinction between meteorite and meteoroid, one of which has already "landed", is it? :)
  – Pam
  1 hour ago
  

  
  
  
  


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  I've never heard of ships "landing", They "enter port", but "land"?
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  @WS2: Oh, come on. For a moment I thought you were forgetting your classics, and was about to say something mildly derisive on that score, but then it occurred to me I could just google it. Here you go: explo-re.com/giant-cruise-ship-landed-venice
  – Ricky
  1 hour ago
  

  
  
  
  

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  You can crash land.
  – Pam
  2 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


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  @Pam: You could, but that would be inelegant.
  – Ricky
  2 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


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  Wait, this isn’t a trick question involving the distinction between meteorite and meteoroid, one of which has already "landed", is it? :)
  – Pam
  1 hour ago
  

  
  
  
  


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  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  I've never heard of ships "landing", They "enter port", but "land"?
  – WS2
  1 hour ago
  

  
  
  
  


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  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  @WS2: Oh, come on. For a moment I thought you were forgetting your classics, and was about to say something mildly derisive on that score, but then it occurred to me I could just google it. Here you go: explo-re.com/giant-cruise-ship-landed-venice
  – Ricky
  1 hour ago
  

  
  
  
  

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You can crash land.
– Pam
2 hours ago

You can crash land.
– Pam
2 hours ago

@Pam: You could, but that would be inelegant.
– Ricky
2 hours ago

@Pam: You could, but that would be inelegant.
– Ricky
2 hours ago

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Wait, this isn’t a trick question involving the distinction between meteorite and meteoroid, one of which has already "landed", is it? :)
– Pam
1 hour ago

Wait, this isn’t a trick question involving the distinction between meteorite and meteoroid, one of which has already "landed", is it? :)
– Pam
1 hour ago

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1

I've never heard of ships "landing", They "enter port", but "land"?
– WS2
1 hour ago

I've never heard of ships "landing", They "enter port", but "land"?
– WS2
1 hour ago

1

1

@WS2: Oh, come on. For a moment I thought you were forgetting your classics, and was about to say something mildly derisive on that score, but then it occurred to me I could just google it. Here you go: explo-re.com/giant-cruise-ship-landed-venice
– Ricky
1 hour ago

@WS2: Oh, come on. For a moment I thought you were forgetting your classics, and was about to say something mildly derisive on that score, but then it occurred to me I could just google it. Here you go: explo-re.com/giant-cruise-ship-landed-venice
– Ricky
1 hour ago

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The verb land is a verbification of the noun land. So there is not really any "smoothness" inherent to the word. Sure, a meteorite crashes, collides, impacts, destroys, ploughs into, wrecks land, but in every case, the space rock makes contact with the land. It "lands."

On a side note, a plane can land violently, but a meteorite simply 'lands,' unless you personify its action with, say, the wraths of the gods. :)

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A Google Books search shows “hit” as a more common verb used in relation to meteorites reaching the Earth.

Land is also used, probably on the following connotation:

to hit or strike the ground, as from a height:

• The ball landed at the far side of the court.

(Dictionary.com)

From Perspectives on Astronomy :

Meteorites hit Earth every day, and occasionally a large one can form a crater.

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The expression "Landing a blow" comes to mind.

It seems to indicate that landing is not necessarily a gentle one.

(As for "hit" - it does indeed seem better for a meteorite. But it has a slightly different meaning. The quote you supplied wanted to make the point that the meteorite was there.)

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It's strange that none of the answers already given chose to rely on a dictionary definition.

land
intransitive verb

2c : to strike or meet a surface (as after a fall)

// landed on my head

// The cat fell from the tree but landed on its feet.

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  sorry, but I did provide the relevant definition of land here.
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  That might be just humor, overused to the point of becoming commonplace.
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The phrase make landfall means

to reach land after a journey by sea or air

and this describes exactly how a meteoroid arrives to become a meteorite. Indeed it describes the arrival of a space rock far better than the arrival of a ship, which does not fall to land, or a plane, which must not fall to land.

The meteorite made landfall

Otherwise it could be a falling star or a shooting star if its attempt to immigrate with a new name fails.

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The verb land is a verbification of the noun land. So there is not really any "smoothness" inherent to the word. Sure, a meteorite crashes, collides, impacts, destroys, ploughs into, wrecks land, but in every case, the space rock makes contact with the land. It "lands."

On a side note, a plane can land violently, but a meteorite simply 'lands,' unless you personify its action with, say, the wraths of the gods. :)

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The verb land is a verbification of the noun land. So there is not really any "smoothness" inherent to the word. Sure, a meteorite crashes, collides, impacts, destroys, ploughs into, wrecks land, but in every case, the space rock makes contact with the land. It "lands."

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The verb land is a verbification of the noun land. So there is not really any "smoothness" inherent to the word. Sure, a meteorite crashes, collides, impacts, destroys, ploughs into, wrecks land, but in every case, the space rock makes contact with the land. It "lands."

On a side note, a plane can land violently, but a meteorite simply 'lands,' unless you personify its action with, say, the wraths of the gods. :)

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The verb land is a verbification of the noun land. So there is not really any "smoothness" inherent to the word. Sure, a meteorite crashes, collides, impacts, destroys, ploughs into, wrecks land, but in every case, the space rock makes contact with the land. It "lands."

On a side note, a plane can land violently, but a meteorite simply 'lands,' unless you personify its action with, say, the wraths of the gods. :)

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A Google Books search shows “hit” as a more common verb used in relation to meteorites reaching the Earth.

Land is also used, probably on the following connotation:

to hit or strike the ground, as from a height:

• The ball landed at the far side of the court.

(Dictionary.com)

From Perspectives on Astronomy :

Meteorites hit Earth every day, and occasionally a large one can form a crater.

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A Google Books search shows “hit” as a more common verb used in relation to meteorites reaching the Earth.

Land is also used, probably on the following connotation:

to hit or strike the ground, as from a height:

• The ball landed at the far side of the court.

(Dictionary.com)

From Perspectives on Astronomy :

Meteorites hit Earth every day, and occasionally a large one can form a crater.

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A Google Books search shows “hit” as a more common verb used in relation to meteorites reaching the Earth.

Land is also used, probably on the following connotation:

to hit or strike the ground, as from a height:

• The ball landed at the far side of the court.

(Dictionary.com)

From Perspectives on Astronomy :

Meteorites hit Earth every day, and occasionally a large one can form a crater.

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A Google Books search shows “hit” as a more common verb used in relation to meteorites reaching the Earth.

Land is also used, probably on the following connotation:

to hit or strike the ground, as from a height:

• The ball landed at the far side of the court.

(Dictionary.com)

From Perspectives on Astronomy :

Meteorites hit Earth every day, and occasionally a large one can form a crater.

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The expression "Landing a blow" comes to mind.

It seems to indicate that landing is not necessarily a gentle one.

(As for "hit" - it does indeed seem better for a meteorite. But it has a slightly different meaning. The quote you supplied wanted to make the point that the meteorite was there.)

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  Good answer. ....
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  @Ricky Thanks. ....
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The expression "Landing a blow" comes to mind.

It seems to indicate that landing is not necessarily a gentle one.

(As for "hit" - it does indeed seem better for a meteorite. But it has a slightly different meaning. The quote you supplied wanted to make the point that the meteorite was there.)

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answered 1 hour ago

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  Good answer. ....
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  @Ricky Thanks. ....
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The expression "Landing a blow" comes to mind.

It seems to indicate that landing is not necessarily a gentle one.

(As for "hit" - it does indeed seem better for a meteorite. But it has a slightly different meaning. The quote you supplied wanted to make the point that the meteorite was there.)

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The expression "Landing a blow" comes to mind.

It seems to indicate that landing is not necessarily a gentle one.

(As for "hit" - it does indeed seem better for a meteorite. But it has a slightly different meaning. The quote you supplied wanted to make the point that the meteorite was there.)

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  Good answer. ....
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  @Ricky Thanks. ....
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  Good answer. ....
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  @Ricky Thanks. ....
  – ispiro
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Good answer. ....
– Ricky
1 hour ago

Good answer. ....
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1 hour ago

@Ricky Thanks. ....
– ispiro
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@Ricky Thanks. ....
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It's strange that none of the answers already given chose to rely on a dictionary definition.

land
intransitive verb

2c : to strike or meet a surface (as after a fall)

// landed on my head

// The cat fell from the tree but landed on its feet.

share|improve this answer

answered 1 hour ago

michael.hor257k

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  sorry, but I did provide the relevant definition of land here.
  – user240918
  59 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  


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  That might be just humor, overused to the point of becoming commonplace.
  – Ricky
  59 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  @user240918 Sorry, I overlooked it. Anyway, I think my version is even more convincing.
  – michael.hor257k
  57 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  


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  2
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  @Ricky I see no reason to think so.
  – michael.hor257k
  57 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  


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  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  lol except for mine, which uses the link you also use here, from an hour ago. RIP
  – Carly
  56 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  

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It's strange that none of the answers already given chose to rely on a dictionary definition.

land
intransitive verb

2c : to strike or meet a surface (as after a fall)

// landed on my head

// The cat fell from the tree but landed on its feet.

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answered 1 hour ago

michael.hor257k

8,42421532

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  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  sorry, but I did provide the relevant definition of land here.
  – user240918
  59 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  That might be just humor, overused to the point of becoming commonplace.
  – Ricky
  59 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  @user240918 Sorry, I overlooked it. Anyway, I think my version is even more convincing.
  – michael.hor257k
  57 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  2
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  @Ricky I see no reason to think so.
  – michael.hor257k
  57 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  lol except for mine, which uses the link you also use here, from an hour ago. RIP
  – Carly
  56 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  

 | 
show 3 more comments

up vote
2
down vote

up vote
2
down vote

It's strange that none of the answers already given chose to rely on a dictionary definition.

land
intransitive verb

2c : to strike or meet a surface (as after a fall)

// landed on my head

// The cat fell from the tree but landed on its feet.

share|improve this answer

answered 1 hour ago

michael.hor257k

8,42421532

It's strange that none of the answers already given chose to rely on a dictionary definition.

land
intransitive verb

2c : to strike or meet a surface (as after a fall)

// landed on my head

// The cat fell from the tree but landed on its feet.

share|improve this answer

answered 1 hour ago

michael.hor257k

8,42421532

share|improve this answer

share|improve this answer

answered 1 hour ago

michael.hor257k

8,42421532

answered 1 hour ago

michael.hor257k

8,42421532

answered 1 hour ago

michael.hor257k

8,42421532

8,42421532

• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  sorry, but I did provide the relevant definition of land here.
  – user240918
  59 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  That might be just humor, overused to the point of becoming commonplace.
  – Ricky
  59 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  @user240918 Sorry, I overlooked it. Anyway, I think my version is even more convincing.
  – michael.hor257k
  57 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  2
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  @Ricky I see no reason to think so.
  – michael.hor257k
  57 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  lol except for mine, which uses the link you also use here, from an hour ago. RIP
  – Carly
  56 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  

 | 
show 3 more comments

• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  sorry, but I did provide the relevant definition of land here.
  – user240918
  59 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  That might be just humor, overused to the point of becoming commonplace.
  – Ricky
  59 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  @user240918 Sorry, I overlooked it. Anyway, I think my version is even more convincing.
  – michael.hor257k
  57 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  2
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  @Ricky I see no reason to think so.
  – michael.hor257k
  57 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  lol except for mine, which uses the link you also use here, from an hour ago. RIP
  – Carly
  56 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  

1

1

sorry, but I did provide the relevant definition of land here.
– user240918
59 mins ago

sorry, but I did provide the relevant definition of land here.
– user240918
59 mins ago

That might be just humor, overused to the point of becoming commonplace.
– Ricky
59 mins ago

That might be just humor, overused to the point of becoming commonplace.
– Ricky
59 mins ago

1

1

@user240918 Sorry, I overlooked it. Anyway, I think my version is even more convincing.
– michael.hor257k
57 mins ago

@user240918 Sorry, I overlooked it. Anyway, I think my version is even more convincing.
– michael.hor257k
57 mins ago

2

2

@Ricky I see no reason to think so.
– michael.hor257k
57 mins ago

@Ricky I see no reason to think so.
– michael.hor257k
57 mins ago

1

1

lol except for mine, which uses the link you also use here, from an hour ago. RIP
– Carly
56 mins ago

lol except for mine, which uses the link you also use here, from an hour ago. RIP
– Carly
56 mins ago

 | 
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up vote
1
down vote

The phrase make landfall means

to reach land after a journey by sea or air

and this describes exactly how a meteoroid arrives to become a meteorite. Indeed it describes the arrival of a space rock far better than the arrival of a ship, which does not fall to land, or a plane, which must not fall to land.

The meteorite made landfall

Otherwise it could be a falling star or a shooting star if its attempt to immigrate with a new name fails.

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edited 59 mins ago

answered 1 hour ago

Weather Vane

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  I thought it was pretty humorous.
  – Ricky
  1 hour ago
  

  
  
  
  


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  Plus one, of course.
  – Ricky
  1 hour ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Thank you although its prime intention was to provide a relevant word.
  – Weather Vane
  1 hour ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  So what. Verdi composed "Rigoletto" to please his mistress.
  – Ricky
  1 hour ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

up vote
1
down vote

The phrase make landfall means

to reach land after a journey by sea or air

and this describes exactly how a meteoroid arrives to become a meteorite. Indeed it describes the arrival of a space rock far better than the arrival of a ship, which does not fall to land, or a plane, which must not fall to land.

The meteorite made landfall

Otherwise it could be a falling star or a shooting star if its attempt to immigrate with a new name fails.

share|improve this answer

edited 59 mins ago

answered 1 hour ago

Weather Vane

1,441312

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  I thought it was pretty humorous.
  – Ricky
  1 hour ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Plus one, of course.
  – Ricky
  1 hour ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Thank you although its prime intention was to provide a relevant word.
  – Weather Vane
  1 hour ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  So what. Verdi composed "Rigoletto" to please his mistress.
  – Ricky
  1 hour ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

up vote
1
down vote

up vote
1
down vote

The phrase make landfall means

to reach land after a journey by sea or air

and this describes exactly how a meteoroid arrives to become a meteorite. Indeed it describes the arrival of a space rock far better than the arrival of a ship, which does not fall to land, or a plane, which must not fall to land.

The meteorite made landfall

Otherwise it could be a falling star or a shooting star if its attempt to immigrate with a new name fails.

share|improve this answer

edited 59 mins ago

answered 1 hour ago

Weather Vane

1,441312

The phrase make landfall means

to reach land after a journey by sea or air

and this describes exactly how a meteoroid arrives to become a meteorite. Indeed it describes the arrival of a space rock far better than the arrival of a ship, which does not fall to land, or a plane, which must not fall to land.

The meteorite made landfall

Otherwise it could be a falling star or a shooting star if its attempt to immigrate with a new name fails.

share|improve this answer

edited 59 mins ago

answered 1 hour ago

Weather Vane

1,441312

share|improve this answer

share|improve this answer

edited 59 mins ago

edited 59 mins ago

edited 59 mins ago

answered 1 hour ago

Weather Vane

1,441312

answered 1 hour ago

Weather Vane

1,441312

answered 1 hour ago

Weather Vane

1,441312

1,441312

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  I thought it was pretty humorous.
  – Ricky
  1 hour ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Plus one, of course.
  – Ricky
  1 hour ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Thank you although its prime intention was to provide a relevant word.
  – Weather Vane
  1 hour ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  So what. Verdi composed "Rigoletto" to please his mistress.
  – Ricky
  1 hour ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  I thought it was pretty humorous.
  – Ricky
  1 hour ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Plus one, of course.
  – Ricky
  1 hour ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Thank you although its prime intention was to provide a relevant word.
  – Weather Vane
  1 hour ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  So what. Verdi composed "Rigoletto" to please his mistress.
  – Ricky
  1 hour ago
  

  
  
  
  

I thought it was pretty humorous.
– Ricky
1 hour ago

I thought it was pretty humorous.
– Ricky
1 hour ago

Plus one, of course.
– Ricky
1 hour ago

Plus one, of course.
– Ricky
1 hour ago

Thank you although its prime intention was to provide a relevant word.
– Weather Vane
1 hour ago

Thank you although its prime intention was to provide a relevant word.
– Weather Vane
1 hour ago

So what. Verdi composed "Rigoletto" to please his mistress.
– Ricky
1 hour ago

So what. Verdi composed "Rigoletto" to please his mistress.
– Ricky
1 hour ago

add a comment | 

 

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