The Meteorite

This is a small asteroid, also known as a meteoroid. It is about the size of a small car, composed mostly of iron, and it has been drifting around an average white star without major incident for about 4 billion years. This is a planet. It contains a great diversity of life, including intelligent life. Some of these intelligent life forms call themselves the "Nebaqa." This is one of them. They haven't quite discovered toothpaste yet. Anyway, after 4 billion years, our meteoroid, and our planet, are about to meet. The meteoroid enters the atmosphere at a speed of 23 kilometers per second. It pressurizes the air in front of it creating intense heat. It quickly breaks apart. It is now known as a meteor, and is easily visible from the planet below. In fact... It is noticed by quite a few. It has lost much of its mass, but the air has sufficiently slowed it to its terminal velocity of about 130 m/s (291 mph). When it reaches the ground, it is quite cool, but the 300mph impact makes quite a sound, and can be heard in the nearby village. It is now known as a meteorite, and is discovered by one of the Nebaqa. Who with no better explanation for its origin, takes it back to his camp and declares it a gift from a new deity. A deity which he names: Some disagree, maintaining the old familiar Deity. Some do not. The meteorite is indifferent.

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