-- WINNER IS LORELEI
FRANK FROM WARREN.
>> Chuck: LOTS OF PEOPLE ALL
ACROSS THE NATION, ALL ACROSS
THE WORLD ARE TALKING ABOUT THE
SOLAR ECLIPSE IN AUGUST.
AND IT'S ASTEROID DAY THIS
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
JOINING US IS JOHN, THE CURATOR
OF LIFE AND EARTH SCIENCE.
I FEEL LIKE I'M NEXT TO SUPERMAN
BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THIS IS
KRYPTONITE.
SO COOL!
>> REALLY DENSE MATERIAL, 90%
IRON.
ASTEROID DAY IS AN INTERNATIONAL
EVENT.
MUSEUMS AROUND THE WORLD ARE
HIGHLIGHTING THE THREAT TO THE
EARTH, SO IT INVOLVES ANALYSIS
OF THAT THREAT AND WHAT WE CAN
DO TO IMPROVE OUR DISCOVERY AND
EARTH.
AND IT'S ALL ABOUT ASTEROIDS.
>> Chuck: WE HAVE VIDEO FROM
STUFF.
TELL US ABOUT THIS.
>> THIS WAS A 20-MET WIDE AND
BLEW UP ON THE WAY IN SHATTERED
GLASS IN THE CITY, 1500 PEOPLE
INJURED.
CHEESE ARE FROM THERE.
>> Chuck: THIS HAS IRON CONTENT.
SO THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A
MAGNETIC ATTRACTION.
HERE.
THEY'RE MORE PRIMITIVE.
AND THERE'S MINERALS AND THE
TOGETHER.
>> Chuck: IT'S ALMOST LIKE IT
STONE.
>> AND THIS MATERIAL, THAT'S A
MELT SURFACE.
AND THE WIND ABLATION MADE PITS,
AND THIS IS METAL AND THIS IS A
ROCKY MATERIAL.
>> Chuck: SO WE'RE LOOKING AT
THE SPECIMENS.
AND THAT'S --
FROM ARIZONA.
>> Chuck: AND THIS COMES DOWN TO
EARTH, FORGET COMING THROUGH
YOUR ATTIC ON TO THE KITCHEN
TABLE AND WE'RE PAYING MORE
ATTENTION WHERE THEY ARE AND HOW
TO AVOID THEM.
>> ASTEROID DAY IS FRIDAY, JUNE
30th.
SATURDAY.
BUT BACK IN 1908, PROBABLY AN
OBJECT NO MORE THAN 60 METERS
ACROSS BLEW UP OVER RUSSIA AND
KNOCKED DOWN 2,000 SQUAR
KILOMETERS.
AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 30
HIROSHIMAS.
>> Chuck: AND KING TUTANKHAMEN
AND OBJECTS FROM OUTER SPACE,
WH DID WE LEARN THERE.
>> THEY REVERED THIS METEORIC
IRON.
AND THE DAGGER I SARCOPHAGUS
METEOR.
AND THIS IS GLASS FROM AN
EXPLOSION OVER THE BEDROCK, AND
THEN MELTED A HUGE AREA, 6500
SQUARE KILOMETERS OF THIS IN
WESTERN EGYPT.
AGAIN.
WHERE CAN PEOPLE GET MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT'S COMING
WEEKEND.