theorangeplanet 968 Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 Some reports of injuries and damage on the ground, but don't know yet if it was caused by the impact or just the super-sonic shockwave. The sonic boom did break a lot of windows. Really wild shit! Considering the predicted 'fly-by' of the known asteroid today, I wonder if this was a smaller piece tagging along that went undetected. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=152_1360906606 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dayofruin 425 Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 I just saw this online too! I've never seen anything like that before and I can't imagine how it must have been seeing it in person! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
yakdung 2,926 Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4345317,00.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ronin38 2,117 Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 (edited) Possibly the most well-documented meteor strike in history! I did see one report that this one was not related to the asteroid that is passing us today. Edited February 15, 2013 by Ronin38 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChileRelleno 7,071 Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 Bloomberg announces ban on meteors! 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dad2142Dad 6,559 Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 Sweet the sky really did fall....... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
XD45 7,124 Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 Meteor my ass. It's the start of the alien invasion! Or zombies! Alien Zombies! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IndyArms 10,186 Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 Russia loves these sorts of things... remember Tunguska??? LOL! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
timy 1,185 Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 I hate global warming. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
XD45 7,124 Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 I hate global warming. It's Solar System Warming! And it's Bush's fault! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Remek 771 Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 Very cool! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
308SAIGA 55 Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 I wonder how real this realy is? No warning spacially when they are looking to the skys for the other meteor that is suppoed to pass by today. According to the news or reports they estamated it to be a 10 TON meteor. I am by no means a scientist or astro physicist but woudn't a 10 ton meteor cause at leat an atomic blast? There would be no survivors where that thing feal let alone video of it... Any thoughts? Hoax? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wasrNwarpaint 184 Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 I saw a large one in Canada 45 years ago, before everyone had cameras, very cool to see over your head ...it was dark out then it went daylight in bright orange...very cool 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
XdamagedX 248 Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 "we've deal with chernobyl, space rock don't scare us.... in russia, meteorite doesn't hit Russia, Russia hit meteorite" 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
XD45 7,124 Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 I wonder how real this realy is? No warning spacially when they are looking to the skys for the other meteor that is suppoed to pass by today. According to the news or reports they estamated it to be a 10 TON meteor. I am by no means a scientist or astro physicist but woudn't a 10 ton meteor cause at leat an atomic blast? There would be no survivors where that thing feal let alone video of it... Any thoughts? Hoax? A 10 ton meteor is smaller than a car. And they tend to be rather dark in color. Something that small would be nearly impossible to spot thousands of miles away unless you knew exactly where to look. As far as the damage it did, alot depends on the composition and angle. A dense iron meteor coming down at a steep angle will likely hit the ground. A chondrite meteor (which is not very dense) at a shallow angle will always explode in the air. From watching the videos this one entered the atmosphere at a fairly shallow angle. The explosion was likely the size of a small nuke but high enough in the air that the shock wave only did reasonably minor damage on the ground. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gunman1 1,753 Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 I wonder how real this realy is? No warning spacially when they are looking to the skys for the other meteor that is suppoed to pass by today. According to the news or reports they estamated it to be a 10 TON meteor. I am by no means a scientist or astro physicist but woudn't a 10 ton meteor cause at leat an atomic blast? There would be no survivors where that thing feal let alone video of it... Any thoughts? Hoax? A 10 ton meteor is smaller than a car. And they tend to be rather dark in color. Something that small would be nearly impossible to spot thousands of miles away unless you knew exactly where to look. As far as the damage it did, alot depends on the composition and angle. A dense iron meteor coming down at a steep angle will likely hit the ground. A chondrite meteor (which is not very dense) at a shallow angle will always explode in the air. From watching the videos this one entered the atmosphere at a fairly shallow angle. The explosion was likely the size of a small nuke but high enough in the air that the shock wave only did reasonably minor damage on the ground. Bad ass.......and if anyone finds ANY remains of it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mancat 2,368 Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 Russia has really bad luck with meteorites. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunguska_event Quote Link to post Share on other sites
XD45 7,124 Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 Just watching the videos. Holy shit. It took minutes for the blast wave to reach these people and it still blew windows out of buildings. That means that at a range of over 20 miles (horizontal) it was still that strong. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VR762Shooter 838 Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 That was superman trying to spin the world backwards to save Lois, but he had kryptonite wheaties this morning so his attempt failed Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dad2142Dad 6,559 Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 That was superman trying to spin the world backwards to save Lois, but he had kryptonite wheaties this morning so his attempt failed From the sound in the video, it was more like beans...... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
XD45 7,124 Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 They are now estimating 300-500 kilotons. That's about 5 times the force of "normal" nuclear bomb. I'm anxious to see the final numbers on size, speed, altitude, etc. Living on the Earth is like living in Chicago. Sooner or later you're going to get hit by a bullet. It's time for reasonable restrictions on meteors. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Maxwelhse 1,285 Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 Wow... I'm always amazed with the power of nature. I'm very sorry that people were injured, but that is truly a sight to behold! I was BSing with a gent at work today about the "big one" we both agreed that there isn't shit we could do about it, don't want to know about it, and that someone is watching over us! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spartacus 1,619 Posted February 16, 2013 Report Share Posted February 16, 2013 Wasn't there something about asteroids and "passing through the plane of the ecliptic" part of the whole December 2012 scare? As in there could be a shit-storm of space debris as we are passing through the plane of the ecliptic? "Unlike comets, asteroids are found relatively close to the ecliptic plane and their orbits are not as stretched out as comets' but are more circular." http://www.uni.edu/morgans/astro/course/Notes/section4/new22.html Somebody get Bruce Willis on the phone please! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paulry 50 Posted February 16, 2013 Report Share Posted February 16, 2013 The bugs are finally throwing rocks!! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
XD45 7,124 Posted February 16, 2013 Report Share Posted February 16, 2013 The bugs are finally throwing rocks!! Well played sir. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChileRelleno 7,071 Posted February 16, 2013 Report Share Posted February 16, 2013 They're just getting sighted in. Damned Bugs, the only good bug, is a dead bug! Do You Want To Know More? 8 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GREYLUPO 358 Posted February 16, 2013 Report Share Posted February 16, 2013 So let me get this straight.... A 50 yard wide rock from space that was spotted 4 or 5 months ago was supposed to do a close fly by today... And roughly the same size rock (that partially burt up entering )around 20 to 30 feet at time of explosion just happed to fly in today? And they say its unrealted? BULLSHIT. Its the same fucking one, they just miscalculated the hit/miss probability and are trying to play it off. The odds of that got to be in the trillions. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
XD45 7,124 Posted February 16, 2013 Report Share Posted February 16, 2013 You're crackin my up chili. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChileRelleno 7,071 Posted February 16, 2013 Report Share Posted February 16, 2013 So let me get this straight.... A 50 yard wide rock from space that was spotted 4 or 5 months ago was supposed to do a close fly by today... And roughly the same size rock (that partially burt up entering )around 20 to 30 feet at time of explosion just happed to fly in today? And they say its unrealted? BULLSHIT. Its the same fucking one, they just miscalculated the hit/miss probability and are trying to play it off. The odds of that got to be in the trillions. No, this one was only approx 10 tons, think very dense and heavy iron, not too big really, full size passenger van maybe? The big one which missed us was the size of half a football field. I too call bullshit that they're unrelated, I think it was a piece of it or smaller asteroid traveling along with it. Unrelated, yeah like Benghazi was unrelated to the 911 anniversary. Anyone see the news that Russian missiles may have been fired on it to try and break it up? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dad2142Dad 6,559 Posted February 16, 2013 Report Share Posted February 16, 2013 Anyone see the news that Russian missiles may have been fired on it to try and break it up? Chile I hope they did, our fucking guberment would die arguing about what the fuck to do. Putin maybe a Dicktator, but at least he can make a decision Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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