 Meteorite in Russia!, Holy Jeebus! |
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 Feb 15 2013, 12:02 PM
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Amazing stuff! The videos are crazy....
http://rt.com/news/meteorite-crash-urals-chelyabinsk-283/ This post has been edited by vomit: Feb 15 2013, 01:23 PM -------------------- "All our lives we sweat and save building for a shallow grave." J.D. Morrison
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Feb 15 2013, 02:52 PM
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QUOTE(vomit @ Feb 15 2013, 01:02 PM)  BOOM! |
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Feb 15 2013, 04:42 PM
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WOW
History Channel and H2 have been running shows about Asteroid and Comets hitting Earth yesterday and today, I guess in 'honor' of the close approach of the object that will pass withing 17K miles of the Earth. I guess this just highlights the case for what can happen when interstellar objects strike, or break up in the Earth's atmosphere. -------------------- Never too old to have a happy childhood!  .......... ..........Don't put an age limit on your dreams! |
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Feb 15 2013, 06:04 PM
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Feb 15 2013, 10:48 PM
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QUOTE(stxprowl @ Feb 15 2013, 07:04 PM) No, do NOT crank the volume if you value your ears and speakers! 
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Feb 15 2013, 11:40 PM
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Frpm wiki:
On 15 February 2013, a meteor entered Earth's atmosphere over Russia at approximately 09:13 Yekaterinburg Time (03:13 UTC), becoming a fireball. Moving at a speed of at least 54,000 km/h (34,000 mph), roughly 44 times the speed of sound, it passed over the southern Ural region and exploded over the city of Chelyabinsk. The U.S. space agency, NASA, estimated it at about 17 metres (56 ft) in diameter and 9,070,000 kg (20,000,000 lb), an energy release equivalent to nearly 500 kilotons of TNT. The object's air burst occurred at an altitude between 30 and 50 km (19 and 31 mi) above the ground. The meteoroid was not detected before atmospheric entry. The Chelyabinsk meteor is the largest recorded object encountered by Earth since the 1908 Tunguska event and the only known such event to result in a large number of casualties. The object may be classified as a fireball or bolide, and the event has been referred to as an air burst, as it exploded during its passage through the atmosphere.In a preliminary estimate, the Russian space agency Roskosmos calculated that the meteor was traveling at about 108,000 km/h (67,000 mph).Though the known close approach of asteroid 2012 DA14 occurred about 15 hours later, astronomers concluded that the two events were unrelated. About 1,200 people have been reported injured, mainly by glass from windows shattered by the shock wave; two are reported in serious condition,with a 52-year-old woman with a broken spine being flown to Moscow for treatment. Up to 3,000 buildings in six cities across the region have reportedly been damaged due to the explosion and impacts. The ablation of the meteor in the sky created a dazzling light, bright enough to cast shadows during broad daylight in Chelyabinsk and to be observed in Sverdlovsk and Orenburg Oblasts and in Kazakhstan. Wikipedia This post has been edited by Sagebrusher: Feb 16 2013, 10:00 PM |
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Feb 16 2013, 09:48 AM
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QUOTE(Sagebrusher @ Feb 15 2013, 10:48 PM) No, do NOT crank the volume if you value your ears and speakers! ya if you have a subwoofer connected to your computer that could be bad! 
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Feb 16 2013, 07:52 PM
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QUOTE(stxprowl @ Feb 15 2013, 06:04 PM) After the initial 'BOOM' the fragments continue to 'boom' for the duration of the clip. I can only imagine what it sounded like in real time. I can also only imagine how it would have affected a society that does not have the scientific understanding of what is taking place that today's society does. -------------------- Never too old to have a happy childhood! ....................Don't put an age limit on your dreams! |
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Feb 28 2013, 06:55 PM
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The sound of the meteorite exploding is now reported as having been the LOUDEST sound EVER recorded.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/art...o=feeds-newsxml -------------------- Never too old to have a happy childhood! ....................Don't put an age limit on your dreams! |
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