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BREAKING: Huge Meteor Blazes Across Sky Over Russia
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Claire Coffee
Coffee Inc
#21 - 2013-02-15 16:51:46 UTC  |  Edited by: Claire Coffee
Graygor wrote:
First Tunguska

It's an unproven myth and prolly the results of Tesla's experiments.

Sturmwolke wrote:

Learned something new today : Russian cars have car DVRs installed to record accidents etc. Apparently required by law(?).

Not required, but you can get a better deal on insurance.


And on the general topic. in 2.5 hours the 2012 D14 will flyby next to Earth at the distance 12 times less than distance from Earth to Moon. And that nice piece of rock is 44 meters and 130 000 tons moving at 31 km/s (think inty is fast? :) )

EDIT: The meteorite from OP exploded like 50km from surface and there's no evidence so far that any bits touched the ground.
Russian army went code "Fortress" meaning full military standby with AA defense fold out.

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Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#22 - 2013-02-15 17:10:14 UTC
Claire Coffee wrote:
Graygor wrote:
First Tunguska

It's an unproven myth and prolly the results of Tesla's experiments.

Sturmwolke wrote:

Learned something new today : Russian cars have car DVRs installed to record accidents etc. Apparently required by law(?).

Not required, but you can get a better deal on insurance.


And on the general topic. in 2.5 hours the 2012 D14 will flyby next to Earth at the distance 12 times less than distance from Earth to Moon. And that nice piece of rock is 44 meters and 130 000 tons moving at 31 km/s (think inty is fast? :) )

EDIT: The meteorite from OP exploded like 50km from surface and there's no evidence so far that any bits touched the ground.
Russian army went code "Fortress" meaning full military standby with AA defense fold out.



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Surfin's PlunderBunny
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#23 - 2013-02-15 18:27:52 UTC
And this is why we hate miners... that was roid revenge right there

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Abrazzar
Vardaugas Family
#24 - 2013-02-15 18:36:24 UTC
Surfin's PlunderBunny wrote:
And this is why we hate miners... that was roid revenge right there

Just your average roid rage. Nothing to see here.

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Grimpak
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#25 - 2013-02-15 18:41:04 UTC
reports say it was a 1m wide rock (probs carbonaceous, those are usually more air-burstable). only injured people till now, about over 1000 and some minor-to-average property damage. there are some areas that report that certain fragments made touchdown, so expect scientists to come up with some findings in the next days/weeks. as comparison, if tunguska was a meteorite gone airburst, this one would be the same, minus the explosive strength of course.


basically, just a shooting star that managed to go deeper.

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NightmareX
Pandemic Horde Inc.
Pandemic Horde
#26 - 2013-02-15 18:47:46 UTC
Grimpak wrote:
reports say it was a 1m wide rock (probs carbonaceous, those are usually more air-burstable).


Wasn't it said somewhere that the meteor did weight about 10 tons, or is that another meteor someone are talking about then?

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Eurydia Vespasian
Storm Hunters
#27 - 2013-02-15 18:48:35 UTC
these videos are showing me a beautiful natural event...and that there are just as many ******* drivers in russia as here.
Grimpak
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#28 - 2013-02-15 19:06:08 UTC
NightmareX wrote:
Grimpak wrote:
reports say it was a 1m wide rock (probs carbonaceous, those are usually more air-burstable).


Wasn't it said somewhere that the meteor did weight about 10 tons, or is that another meteor someone are talking about then?

well... a 1m diameter rock can weight that.... afaik? dunno really, as I said, reports. maybe tomorrow or the day next there'll be better info.

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Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#29 - 2013-02-15 19:38:49 UTC
Personally I think the main Asteroid flyby had captured and dragged the smaller Russian meteor along on it's path. The timing of both is just way too close.

Probably better information later on.

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Sab Sab Five
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#30 - 2013-02-15 19:41:08 UTC  |  Edited by: Sab Sab Five
i think the rock was 50m wide, and sources put it at 7.8km/s. This is the one that will miss us.

the one that hit, i think was more like 10m across.

what i find incredulous is that the BBC reported that the "window shattering" blast radius was 200km (125m). That is HUGE.

from what i read about the one buzzing us, it would be a "city killer" but probably not take out humanity.

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Personally I think the main Asteroid flyby had captured and dragged the smaller Russian meteor along on it's path. The timing of both is just way too close.

Probably better information later on.


already speculation says this, but scientists have come out and said no. They are travelling from different directions. Just a cosmically cosmic coincidence.
Eurydia Vespasian
Storm Hunters
#31 - 2013-02-15 19:44:49 UTC
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:
Personally I think the main Asteroid flyby had captured and dragged the smaller Russian meteor along on it's path. The timing of both is just way too close.

Probably better information later on.


apparently not according to "i ******* LOVE science" lol

they say the objects are/were on completely separate orbits coming in separate directions.
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#32 - 2013-02-15 19:46:54 UTC
Sab Sab Five wrote:


Quote:
Personally I think the main Asteroid flyby had captured and dragged the smaller Russian meteor along on it's path. The timing of both is just way too close.

Probably better information later on.


already speculation says this, but scientists have come out and said no. They are travelling from different directions. Just a cosmically cosmic coincidence.



Yeah, I just read about that too.

Even more astonishing !

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Khergit Deserters
Crom's Angels
#33 - 2013-02-15 20:00:16 UTC  |  Edited by: Khergit Deserters
And don't forget about the closest asteroid near-miss ever recorded. It passed inside the geosynchronous satellite zone, and it just happened today. It's completely unrelated to the meteor strike. The meteorites and the asteroid are in different orbits. Let's see who's laughing at Chicken Little (alias Chicken Licken, alias Henny Penny) now! Smile
Grimpak
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#34 - 2013-02-15 20:01:52 UTC
Sab Sab Five wrote:
what i find incredulous is that the BBC reported that the "window shattering" blast radius was 200km (125m). That is HUGE.



if the Tunguska incident was an air-burst asteroid, the one that is atm doing a tangent on us is about the same size. probably even about the same material. Taking Tunguska as a starting point, DA14 would be considered a "city-killer" of about the same damage potential, meaning if it "hit" a place like New York for example, the damage would be extreme, but local, not even causing a hint of nuclear winter. if it was about 5 to 10x the size tho....

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Eurydia Vespasian
Storm Hunters
#35 - 2013-02-15 22:47:38 UTC
i can't get enough of these videos today. why can't i see anything that awesome?

i did see a fireball once in north carolina out over the ocean just at dusk. it lasted only a few seconds but it was quite bright and i saw little chunks of it falling off and burning up. but it was clearly very high up and far away. there was no sound or awesome smoke trail though.
Kirjava
Lothian Enterprises
#36 - 2013-02-15 23:03:56 UTC
Was out with my telescope today, too much cloud coverage and not enough experience with my first scope to spot and track DA14 anyway Straight

Anyone got a link the the Russians getting paranoid over this? Did they have their finger on the nuclear triger thinking they'd gotten nuked or anything?

Also : writing to my MP to clarify Britains position as a UNSC member for the defence against asteroids/meteor impacts. I would propose all Brits do the same thing and see if we can get somewhere and take the initiative for once. Russia actualy got hit by a little one, and the closest ever a city killer just buzzed us under Clarke Orbit.

Who is my MP link.

Everyone else, you're own Govermnent reprasentative/Congressman/Senator/MEP ect.

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Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#37 - 2013-02-15 23:26:15 UTC
The Onion: More Than 1,000 Russians Injured In Freaking Coolest Event Ever

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silens vesica
Corsair Cartel
#38 - 2013-02-16 00:31:38 UTC
The 'explosion' sounds were sonic shockwaves. Basically, what happens when something moving at orbital velocity hits atmosphere.

Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:
Personally I think the main Asteroid flyby had captured and dragged the smaller Russian meteor along on it's path. The timing of both is just way too close.

Probably better information later on.

16 hours apart at 8km/s. Not even close - Except by cosmic distances. Completely different orbits, and really nice tinfoil-hat fuel.

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Kirjava
Lothian Enterprises
#39 - 2013-02-16 01:15:10 UTC
silens vesica wrote:
The 'explosion' sounds were sonic shockwaves. Basically, what happens when something moving at orbital velocity hits atmosphere.

Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:
Personally I think the main Asteroid flyby had captured and dragged the smaller Russian meteor along on it's path. The timing of both is just way too close.

Probably better information later on.

16 hours apart at 8km/s. Not even close - Except by cosmic distances. Completely different orbits, and really nice tinfoil-hat fuel.


The problem with one in a billion chances is that there is presciently one time in a billion opportunities does an incident occur.

That happened today, and most people don't understand statistics.

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Wodensun
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#40 - 2013-02-16 01:22:10 UTC
The rock was estimated to weight about 10 tons and exploded due to friction about 40/50 kilometers above ground the current injured count sits at 1100 people treated at the hospital mostly minor injuries due to flying glass which was blown out by the sonic boom. There is nothing indicating that it is or was part of a cluster so you lads can come out of your bomb shelters now Blink

note: that sonic boom happend as it _entered_ the atmosphere makes it even more incredible.

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