GostHacked Posted February 15, 2013 Report Posted February 15, 2013 http://cosmiclog.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/15/16969092-hundreds-injured-as-meteor-fireball-screams-across-the-sky-in-russia Apparently this thing was about 10 tones. THAT's HUGE !!!! Some reports of about 500 injured, some say over 700 injured. A huge meteorite flared through the skies over Russia's Chelyabinsk region early Friday, triggering a powerful shock wave that injured hundreds of people, blew out windows and reportedly caused the roof of a factory to collapse. Multiple videos posted online showed the meteor’s flaring arc across the western Siberia sky. Others from the scene included the sound of a loud boom, followed by a cacophony of car alarms. One video showed the hurried evacuation of an office building in Chelyabinsk.“There was panic. People had no idea what was happening. Everyone was going around to people’s houses to check if they were OK,” Chelyabinsk resident Sergey Hametov told The Associated Press. “We saw a big burst of light then went outside to see what it was and we heard a really loud thundering sound.” Quote
Topaz Posted February 15, 2013 Report Posted February 15, 2013 Apparently, the Earth was inline for a asteroid but NASA said the Earth was in no danger , which is suppose to pass today, so maybe what Russia got was parts of this. http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-57569016-76/another-close-asteroid-encounter-for-earth-coming-friday/ Quote
GostHacked Posted February 15, 2013 Author Report Posted February 15, 2013 Apparently, the Earth was inline for a asteroid but NASA said the Earth was in no danger , which is suppose to pass today, so maybe what Russia got was parts of this. http://news.cnet.com...-coming-friday/ Yeah there has been a lot of meteor talk on many news sites in the past couple weeks. If they missed tracking this one, there are many more out there. Can't track all of these space rocks. Quote
guyser Posted February 15, 2013 Report Posted February 15, 2013 Can't track all of these space rocks. I think they do a pretty damn good job tracking them all. I also think a meteor or an erupting volcano will, in my lifetime, disrupt this earth in ways we have not seen or read about in centuries. I dont worry about it, dont dwell on it, and for me it will be uh oh, thats gotta hurt. Kind of like the Summer that never was in 1816 in which some theorize the expansion of the west was born from, 12 inches of snow in June fro Que City , frigid cold all summer long. Quote
DogOnPorch Posted February 15, 2013 Report Posted February 15, 2013 Apparently, the Earth was inline for a asteroid but NASA said the Earth was in no danger , which is suppose to pass today, so maybe what Russia got was parts of this. http://news.cnet.com...-coming-friday/ Wrong orbital plane. Quote Nothing cracks a turtle like Leon Uris.
Peanutbutter Posted February 15, 2013 Report Posted February 15, 2013 I hope the people are ok. Terrible and sad. Quote Ah la peanut butter sandwiches! - The Amazing Mumferd
DogOnPorch Posted February 15, 2013 Report Posted February 15, 2013 I hope the people are ok. Terrible and sad. It's up to over 1000 injured from various meteor related causes. A very rare event and outcome. Quote Nothing cracks a turtle like Leon Uris.
Boges Posted February 15, 2013 Report Posted February 15, 2013 I'm disappointed Ben Afleck and Bruce Willis couldn't stop this. Quote
bush_cheney2004 Posted February 15, 2013 Report Posted February 15, 2013 Rare for us...but very common for the planet. Meteors and meterorite strikes are routine events on a smaller scale, but the next Big One is coming someday, like this one in Arizona: Quote Economics trumps Virtue.
guyser Posted February 15, 2013 Report Posted February 15, 2013 (edited) If some would like, gizmodo has numerous videos of this thing, click on the ones that offer the sound the meteor makes. Do what I did and dont turn the sound down. Holy crap the thing is loud ! Or watch the one that doesnt show it, but you can see the land light up like mid day Edited February 15, 2013 by guyser Quote
DogOnPorch Posted February 15, 2013 Report Posted February 15, 2013 Rare for us...but very common for the planet. Meteors and meterorite strikes are routine events on a smaller scale, but the next Big One is coming someday, like this one in Arizona: One need only look up at the Moon to see the apparent results of the largest impact the Earth ever experienced. Nearly blew 'er apart. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_impact_hypothesis Quote Nothing cracks a turtle like Leon Uris.
bush_cheney2004 Posted February 15, 2013 Report Posted February 15, 2013 Large meteor or asteroid strikes are much higher risk events than the alarmist chatter about climate change. Erosion has hidden most of the Earth's major impacts, but we are finding them with surveys from space and on the ground. Time to find my Tunguska t-shirt ! Quote Economics trumps Virtue.
DogOnPorch Posted February 15, 2013 Report Posted February 15, 2013 Large meteor or asteroid strikes are much higher risk events than the alarmist chatter about climate change. Erosion has hidden most of the Earth's major impacts, but we are finding them with surveys from space and on the ground. Time to find my Tunguska t-shirt ! At least our atmosphere isn't 35-40% oxygen like during the mid-Carboniferous period. Quote Nothing cracks a turtle like Leon Uris.
bush_cheney2004 Posted February 15, 2013 Report Posted February 15, 2013 Quote Economics trumps Virtue.
sharkman Posted February 15, 2013 Report Posted February 15, 2013 Two observations about this. Apparently they can't track meteors of the 10 tonne size, which, as it turns out, are big enough to cause an impact the equivalent of a nuke. That in itself is a bit unsettling. Second, I have't seen anything on the point of impact. Has anyone seen anything on this? All we get are shaky home videos released on youtube. Again, very interesting. Not sure what it means though. Quote
guyser Posted February 15, 2013 Report Posted February 15, 2013 (edited) Two observations about this. Apparently they can't track meteors of the 10 tonne size, which, as it turns out, are big enough to cause an impact the equivalent of a nuke. That in itself is a bit unsettling. Second, I have't seen anything on the point of impact. Has anyone seen anything on this? All we get are shaky home videos released on youtube. Again, very interesting. Not sure what it means though. Have to agree with you on this coming out of the blue. I thought this size could be detected.....apparantly not. It has landed in a lake in Russia, caused a hole thats 20 feet across (in the ice) and sank. Pics are to come out soon but....its Russia, who knows when or how. They have downplayed the size a bit but go listen the to sonic boom ....just Wow ! Edited February 15, 2013 by guyser Quote
guyser Posted February 15, 2013 Report Posted February 15, 2013 A KHL game will be rescheduled since the arena has been damaged. Quote
DogOnPorch Posted February 15, 2013 Report Posted February 15, 2013 A KHL game will be rescheduled since the arena has been damaged. I was surprised that the shock wave was so strong. Blew the roof off of a zinc factory. Quote Nothing cracks a turtle like Leon Uris.
bush_cheney2004 Posted February 15, 2013 Report Posted February 15, 2013 "Sounds" about right if I remember my Fluid Dynamics class correctly (Mach number). An object traveling that fast would make the atmosphere seem like a liquid. Quote Economics trumps Virtue.
DogOnPorch Posted February 15, 2013 Report Posted February 15, 2013 18km a second apparently. At least it wasn't a right angle comet strike. Those can be traveling at near 60km a second around Earth's orbit as they plunge Sun-ward. Quote Nothing cracks a turtle like Leon Uris.
bush_cheney2004 Posted February 15, 2013 Report Posted February 15, 2013 18km a second apparently. At least it wasn't a right angle comet strike. Those can be traveling at near 60km a second around Earth's orbit as they plunge Sun-ward. Yeah....and some people here can't figure out why I laugh about our pending doom from "climate change". Quote Economics trumps Virtue.
GostHacked Posted February 15, 2013 Author Report Posted February 15, 2013 Two observations about this. Apparently they can't track meteors of the 10 tonne size, which, as it turns out, are big enough to cause an impact the equivalent of a nuke. That in itself is a bit unsettling. Second, I have't seen anything on the point of impact. Has anyone seen anything on this? All we get are shaky home videos released on youtube. Again, very interesting. Not sure what it means though. With the millions of things floating around out in space and as our solar system travels around the spiral arm of our galaxy, there are many things in space we are going to miss. Quote
GostHacked Posted February 15, 2013 Author Report Posted February 15, 2013 Have to agree with you on this coming out of the blue. I thought this size could be detected.....apparantly not. It has landed in a lake in Russia, caused a hole thats 20 feet across (in the ice) and sank. Pics are to come out soon but....its Russia, who knows when or how. They have downplayed the size a bit but go listen the to sonic boom ....just Wow ! Making the claim of 10 tones is not downplaying it at all. That's a huge stinkin rock! Quote
DogOnPorch Posted February 15, 2013 Report Posted February 15, 2013 Making the claim of 10 tones is not downplaying it at all. That's a huge stinkin rock! If you d/l Celestia, you can install the file for all known NEO asteroids....crowded! It's a few years old now...so no doubt a few more have been added. http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/catalog/asteroids.php Quote Nothing cracks a turtle like Leon Uris.
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