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[ElectricBlue187]

yes, but I cant fully trust an atheist.

well they are all atheists, now what?

 

[marrec]

But did they use the latest data on global warming?

Oh crap we forgot about Global Warming!

DAMN YOU BILL NYE!

 

[lethial]

Nobody tried to fight the meteorite? Way to go Russia.

 

[Ruas]

well they are all atheists, now what?

are you sure?

 

[ElectricBlue187]

are you sure?

well they are astronomers, so they know about the universe and how insignificant the earth is, etc
So its likely.

 

[The Elite]

Nobody tried to fight the meteorite? Way to go Russia.

 

[Winterfang]

well they are all atheists, now what?

Atheism and Science don't necessarily go hand to hand.

On another note. Is this video real? It shows the crater but it's huge.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=0SkFirKxe0o

 

[Ruas]

well they are astronomers, so they know about the universe and how insignificant the earth is, etc
So its likely.

I dont think so.

 

[Partial Gamification]

I was joking.

That could be a meme by the end of this weekend:
Something along the lines of a composite of thousands of dashcams, made into someone typing on their computer "man they sure have a lot of dash cams in russia."

 

[helloresolven]

Atheism and Science don't necessarily go hand to hand.

On another note. Is this video real? It shows the crater but it's huge.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=0SkFirKxe0o

It's real but it isn't from the meteorite.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Door_to_Hell,_Derweze

 

[StopMakingSense]

It's real but it isn't from the meteorite.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Door_to_Hell,_Derweze

Yeah that one is all on us.

 

[gutter_trash]

Radio-Canada doesn't sound very reliable.

it isn't,
what is ironic is that most of Radio-Canada (french language) journalists are separatists getting payed by Canadian tax dollars, lol

 

[PjotrStroganov]

for police corruption and i would assume accidents etc.

http://mashable.com/2013/02/15/why-russians-have-dash-cams-caught-meteor/

That site introduced me to the mecca of dashcam movies.

It also features a nice compilation of footage from the meteor explosion.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=5BuXRYuPP3M

 

[maquiladora]

Looks like it was bigger than first thought, according to Nature.

A meteor that exploded over Russia this morning was the largest recorded object to strike the Earth in more than a century, scientists say. Infrasound data collected by a network designed to watch for nuclear weapons testing suggests that today's blast released hundreds of kilotonnes of energy. That would make it far more powerful than the nuclear weapon tested by North Korea just days ago and the largest rock crashing on the planet since a meteor broke up over Siberia's Tunguska river in 1908.

"It was a very, very powerful event," says Margaret Campbell-Brown, an astronomer at the University of Western Ontario in London, Canada, who has studied data from two infrasound stations near the impact site. Her calculations show that the meteoroid was approximately 15 metres across when it entered the atmosphere, and put its mass at around 40 tonnes. "That would make it the biggest object recorded to hit the Earth since Tunguska," she says.

http://www.nature.com/news/russian-meteor-largest-in-a-century-1.12438

 

[Woorloog]

Looks like it was bigger than first thought, according to Nature.



http://www.nature.com/news/russian-meteor-largest-in-a-century-1.12438

Wait, what. That Sudan meteorite a few years back was 80 tonnes or so, this was even bigger?

 

[maquiladora]

Wait, what. That Sudan meteorite a few years back was 80 tonnes or so, this was even bigger?

But 2-5 metres in diameter . She is saying this was about 15 metres.

 

[Pillville]

Looks like it was bigger than first thought, according to Nature.



http://www.nature.com/news/russian-meteor-largest-in-a-century-1.12438

I'm confused.


Yesterday's Meteorite:
Around 40 tonnes
"largest recorded object to strike the Earth in more than a century"


Yet, from Wikipedia:

2008 TC3 (Sudan meteorite)
Around 80 tonnes
"Meteoroids of this size hit Earth about two or three times a year"

Something is wrong.

 

[Woorloog]

But 2-5 metres in diameter . She is saying this was about 15 metres.

When we're talking about kinetic energy and how destructive something is, mass matters much, much more than size/density. Well, at least when we're talking about speeds like 30km/s (and ignoring that a porous object will likely explode in atmosphere instead of hitting ground).

EDIT, oh. OH. They're talking about physical size, not mass?

 

[Orbis]

15 metres is huge. But that's two estimates suggesting it was of less mass than the 2008 Sudan meteorite, which was up to 5 metres in diameter. So it was significantly less dense.

 

[Alebrije]

Thank God nobody died , it could had hit an school or a train station.....

 

[Heshinsi]

Isn't this the starting point to the story in Resistance?

 

[phazedplasma]

I guess the new pope has arrived

petrus meteorus romanus

 

[Winterfang]

It's real but it isn't from the meteorite.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Door_to_Hell,_Derweze

Oh that's good.

 

[waypoetic]

The meterorite that's "scheduled" to pass Earth tonight/today, should we uh, be worried?

Spoiler

I'm a little bit worried.

 

[Cow Mengde]

Wow, you hear and read about it in the book and see it in sci-fi movies, but seeing it for real is so much more amazing.

 

[Woorloog]

Wow, you hear and read about it in the book and see it in sci-fi movies, but seeing it for real is so much more amazing.

Even with near 1000 injuries?
Don't see those in SF...

 

[Winterfang]

I'm confused.


Yesterday's Meteorite:
Around 40 tonnes
"largest recorded object to strike the Earth in more than a century"


Yet, from Wikipedia:

2008 TC3 (Sudan meteorite)
Around 80 tonnes
"Meteoroids of this size hit Earth about two or three times a year"

Something is wrong.

Largest Recorded object.

 

[MilesWebber]

Clearly you are the true titleholder.

Obviously.

lol, someone is really mad.

Not really.

 

[Kinyou]

That site introduced me to the mecca of dashcam movies.

It also features a nice compilation of footage from the meteor explosion.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=5BuXRYuPP3M

Man, if this wasn't confirmed I'd almost think that this is cgi, so sureal

 

[maquiladora]

I'm confused.


Yesterday's Meteorite:
Around 40 tonnes
"largest recorded object to strike the Earth in more than a century"


Yet, from Wikipedia:

2008 TC3 (Sudan meteorite)
Around 80 tonnes
"Meteoroids of this size hit Earth about two or three times a year"

Something is wrong.

The 2008 asteroid was estimated at 2-5m in size though. The scientist in Nature is saying this one was approx 15m.

Also says the blast released hundreds of kilotons of energy. 2008 asteroid was 1-2 kilotons. It seems this was much bigger.

 

[Hieberrr]

Wow, that's scary.

 

[Woorloog]

The 2008 asteroid was estimated at 2-5m in size though. The scientist in Nature is saying this one was approx 15m.

Also says the blast released hundreds of kilotons of energy. 2008 asteroid was 1-2 kilotons. It seems this was much bigger.

Light object at very fast speed can have more energy than a massive object at slow speed. Kinetic energy is funny. But usually, when an object enters Earth's atmosphere, the more massive it is, the more energy it releases.

EDIT Partially applicable here: http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/spacegunconvent.php#id--Kinetic_Kill_Weapons

 

[nero2082]

 

[Cow Mengde]

Even with near 1000 injuries?
Don't see those in SF...

Don't know about the injuries. I mean, I do feel bad for people that got hurt, but seeing a phenomenon like this just gets my natural curiosity going.

 

[KoruptData]

The 2008 asteroid was estimated at 2-5m in size though. The scientist in Nature is saying this one was approx 15m.

Also says the blast released hundreds of kilotons of energy. 2008 asteroid was 1-2 kilotons. It seems this was much bigger.

This one was was like a Shotgun blast and Sudan was like a rifle bullet. Makes sense in my head.

 

[Zeppelin]

Na'Vi Dender's invoker getting out of hand.

 

[ragon]

 

[maquiladora]

It's an amazing coincidence that the biggest meteor since Tunguska(?) impacts the atmosphere over Russia within 24 hours of another asteroid, about the same size as the Tunguska object, makes the closest pass to earth of any asteroid that size since sky surveys began.

 

[Clydefrog]

sorry I went to bed last night right when this happened. did it strike the earth or blow up in the sky?

 

[Woorloog]

sorry I went to bed last night right when this happened. did it strike the earth or blow up in the sky?

Blew up in the sky. Fragments and shockwave did some damage and caused injuries apparently.

 

[Volimar]

It's an amazing coincidence that the biggest meteor since Tunguska(?) impacts the atmosphere over Russia within 24 hours of another asteroid, about the same size as the Tunguska object, makes the closest pass to earth of any asteroid that size since sky surveys began.

Phase 2 has begun.

 

[StopMakingSense]

Blew up in the sky. Fragments and shockwave did some damage and caused injuries apparently.

Yeah, fucked up for people inside who didn't see the meteor. Sitting at your desk and whatever then BOOM, glass in your face

 

[ElectricBlue187]

It's an amazing coincidence that the biggest meteor since Tunguska(?) impacts the atmosphere over Russia within 24 hours of another asteroid, about the same size as the Tunguska object, makes the closest pass to earth of any asteroid that size since sky surveys began.

humanity has been around about 6 or 7 million years, we've only been looking for these for a blink of an eye even within our own limited time scale. Consider the likelihood that huge asteroids nearly missing us is not at all an uncommon event and that the uncommon thing is us noticing...

 

[R2D4]

Phase 2 has begun.

 

[User Name Here]

If this story and those videos are real.... we're fucked. They're just screwing around with us right about now and they can invade any time they want to....

Meaning...

Aliens are real (aka what "God" really is).
Or God is real.
Or our Universe/existence really is a hologram.
Or this is part of one expensive hoax.

Take your pick!

Because "they" are doing exactly what I asked them to.

And that video I posted the other day in the paranormal thread about Area 51 being "declassified" was bullshit because they got the idea for that little coverup from me.

Spoiler

Hopefully nearly no one (outside of military/Navy/Defense Gaf) knows what I'm talking about or why I'm saying these things.

 

[Volimar]

humanity has been around about 6 or 7 million years, we've only been looking for these for a blink of an eye even within our own limited time scale. Consider the likelihood that huge asteroids nearly missing us is not at all an uncommon event and that the uncommon thing is us noticing...

Well, the dinosaurs took care of most of them.

 

[Insane Metal]

But did they use the latest data on global warming?

LOL

 

[marrec]

Well, the dinosaurs took care of most of them.

Everyone knows the dinosaurs didn't die defending mammals from asteroids.

 

[Nesotenso]

if it was in the US we wouldn't have as many videos of people who drive around every where they go with a video camera (which seems like a regular thing in Russia?)

dashcams are incredibly popular in Russia because of the abysmal drivers/road conditions and the difficulty in proving fault when it comes to accidents.

pics of damage, but reddit gaf has probably already seen this
http://imgur.com/a/rM7FI

 

[GoddyofAus]

Has this been posted yet? Fucking incredible footage. WARNING Headset users, you might need a new pair of ears.