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		dclowd9901 on April 3, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Norwegian skydiver nearly struck by meteorite So even slower. At 20 mph, it could've simply come out of his parachute.

lutusp on April 3, 2014 [–]

> So even slower. At 20 mph, it could've simply come out of his parachute.

It seems you're missing the point that the rock passed him by at a fairly high horizontal speed, while descending past him. That's not consistent with the rock coming out of his canopy.

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