Meteorite crash in Russia
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Ether_Snake
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Radio-Canada refers to it as a meteor shower, and with multiple impacts in dozens of cities according to Russia.
It's fragments from one 40m meterorite.
It's fragments from one 40m meterorite.
Some next gen shit right there
You are incorrect, the 40m asteroid is still hours from earth and in a completely different orbit than the meteor that streaked across the Russian sky.
There are zero confirmed reports of any impact sites, it's unlikely that there are any.
Radio-Canada doesn't sound very reliable.
Ether_Snake
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I meant 11 tons.
Six cities were heavily impacted.
Edit: one 11 ton meteor that broke up into multiple meteorites which then possibly impacted.
Six cities were heavily impacted.
Edit: one 11 ton meteor that broke up into multiple meteorites which then possibly impacted.
The Elite
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I believe it's CBC. They're usually reliable but I'm not saying they're right in this instance.
CBC itself is reporting just one meteor though... http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2013/02/15/russia-meteorite.html
Fusion Pizza
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Damn, that's alot of damage.
Yep, 10-11 tons is the estimated weight.
How does radio-canada have reports of 6 cities being impacted but there's zero talk of that elsewhere?
Ether_Snake
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A roof in a zinc factory supposedly collapsed. Russia has deployed 20k soldeirs.
The Elite
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I'm not sure.
Everyone has been so busy discussing the other asteroid passing close by and no one mention this.
Vladimir Zhirinovsky sounds like a rational dude.
This asteroid is likely so small that it would have been impossible to see from any reasonable distance. 10 tons is not very big.
For comparison, the 2012 DA14 asteroid that will be passing in a few hours is 190,000 metric tons.
This asteroid is likely so small that it would have been impossible to see from any reasonable distance. 10 tons is not very big.
For comparison, the 2012 DA14 asteroid that will be passing in a few hours is 190,000 metric tons.
Omegasquash
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That's...beautiful.
maquiladora
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Something like this is not as rare as you might think.
If it was 10 tonnes then it's not too unusual at all. The 2008 Sudan asteroid was estimated at 80 tonnes, and ones that size hit earth's atmosphere about 2-3 times a year.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_TC3
If it was 10 tonnes then it's not too unusual at all. The 2008 Sudan asteroid was estimated at 80 tonnes, and ones that size hit earth's atmosphere about 2-3 times a year.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_TC3
Cities being 'impacted' really isn't the right word. Affected perhaps, but apart from one unverified report I saw on Sky News of a 6 metre crater, there are no reported impact sites. All of the damage has been from the explosion.
I literally shit my pants just listening to this on my headphones.
Fusion Pizza
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Yep, the meteor that lit up the night sky in California last year was estimated at 70 tons when it entered the atmosphere.
fredrancour
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Do you in fact mean it when you use the word literally? Because if so you have my sympathy need to change, and if not I need to kill you. A peer reviewing of a story for a writing class has used my patience with this word up for a while. No, student-writier, you were not literally ripped in half.
I see a many news websites that calls it a meteor shower, not just Radio-Canada. Some says there is hundreds of injured.
Sucks that i can't seem to be able to watch any sort of video from work. Really want to see it.
Looks like it hit the Chelyabinsk zinc factory
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfURVTwE0rY
http://www.nr2.ru/ekb/424611.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfURVTwE0rY
http://www.nr2.ru/ekb/424611.html
Peterthumpa
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Looks like it hit the Chelyabinsk zinc factory
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfURVTwE0rY
http://www.nr2.ru/ekb/424611.html
Lies, video caption says 2012.
Again, there is no evidence that it was a 'shower' or that there is a single or multiple impact sites.
There's reports coming out about the zinc factory, but even that isn't confirmed to be an impact site.
Thanks for that. Interesting read.
It is literally raining cats and dogs!
Slackbladder
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Those lumps of meteroite that must be scattered around are worth a fair amount of money. Would'nt surprise me if a sudden influx of meteorite hunters descended on Russia soon.
MilesWebber
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YEAH! WHO WOULD EVER THINK SOMETING FALLING FROM THE SKY WOULD HIT THE GROUND! WHAT A BUNCH OF STUPID JERKS!!!!
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paradise_circus
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it seems like every russian car has a dashboard cam
Shooting stars falls from the sky and don't hit the ground.
maquiladora
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Looks like one of the pieces fell into this frozen lake.
The traffic in the federation is horrible. Anyone who cares about their property has a camera to prove shit in court.
paradise_circus
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so that's the main reason. we get funny and spectacular things, though.
MilesWebber
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Hurrrrr
Insane Metal
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This is insane.
Shooting stars are just meteors. And meteors can hit the ground. At which point they're technically meteorites.
MilesWebber
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Shhh. You have to let him think he's the smartest person in the internet or he'll feel bad.
maquiladora
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With so much broken windows there are bound to be a lot of injuries. It's lucky that it didn't happen nearer to more populated cities like Moscow, those figures would be much higher.
Smiles and Cries
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and we don't want to give any funding to tracking these things
Stitch
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