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Meteor Impact in Russia 2-15-2013

pegasussgcpegasussgc Member Posts: 0 Arc User
edited February 2013 in Ten Forward
Check this out, very interesting:

http://www.theverge.com/2013/2/15/3991132/russia-meteorite-explosion-reported

http://zyalt.livejournal.com/722930.html
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    idronaidrona Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    *Remembers how the movie Armageddon started.*

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    * starts passing out out tin foil hats *

    It's them Swedish Borg bionic zombies! :eek:

    Love the guy in the car, so like, " Meh, so what, lets get a coffee. "

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    captainbmoneycaptainbmoney Member Posts: 1,323 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    I don't want to close my eyes. I don't want to fall asleep cause I miss you baby and I don't want to miss a thing!!!! #RussianMeteor
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    joshmaaaaaaansjoshmaaaaaaans Member Posts: 32 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    1 of the videos is from 2012, lol.
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    user839020189287user839020189287 Member Posts: 291 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    5oo hurt from an air-bursting meteor... damn and I saw it here first.

    National news in Canada just ran the story like 30 minutes ago.

    http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2013/02/15/russia-meteorite.html

    Here's the youtube video:

    http://youtu.be/KG3mhbUHgUU
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    captwinters1701captwinters1701 Member Posts: 1,515 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    Now the real question is wether or not this little meteorite was somehow related to the larger Asteroid that also passed by yesterday. The timing seems a little "too" coincidental. I wonder what the damage would have been like if it had been just a few hours later and arrived over central or western Europe.
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    webdeathwebdeath Member Posts: 1,570 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    In Russia, Meteors don't extinguish Russians, Russians Extinguish meteors! :D
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    webdeathwebdeath Member Posts: 1,570 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    captwinters1701 wrote: »
    Now the real question is wether or not this little meteorite was somehow related to the larger Asteroid that also passed by yesterday. The timing seems a little "too" coincidental. I wonder what the damage would have been like if it had been just a few hours later and arrived over central or western Europe.

    Probably. Might have been a piece that was coming ahead of it but was too small to track or some such.
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    lukeminherexxlukeminherexx Member Posts: 81 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    captwinters1701 wrote: »
    Now the real question is wether or not this little meteorite was somehow related to the larger Asteroid that also passed by yesterday. The timing seems a little "too" coincidental.

    Actually they said this was not related to the other meteor. They came from different directions.
    "Vladimir Zhirinovsky, a nationalist leader noted for vehement statements, said "It's not meteors falling. It's the test of a new weapon by the Americans," the RIA Novosti news agency reported."
    Right, with the economy we have, we may be able to put together a bow and arrow and shoot at them, but then we would probably have to raise taxes again. lol
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    captwinters1701captwinters1701 Member Posts: 1,515 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    lukeminherexx wrote: »
    Actually they said this was not related to the other meteor. They came from different directions.

    Right, with the economy we have, we may be able to put together a bow and arrow and shoot at them, but then we would probably have to raise taxes again. lol



    So the big one was a decoy for the small one eh? Nice tactical thinking fromthose pesky martians!
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    stirling191stirling191 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    Granted I'm no astronomer...but can you actually call it an impact if it doesn't hit the ground?
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    lukeminherexxlukeminherexx Member Posts: 81 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    Also you can keep up with the meteor passing at NASA TV: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html

    There is a live stream here as well: http://www.space.com/19781-asteroid-2012-da14-flyby-webcasts.html
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    tacofangstacofangs Member Posts: 2,951 Cryptic Developer
    edited February 2013
    Eeep! I saw this on the news this morning. Sounds like no one was seriously injured, but still. Amazing and scary stuff. My best to our Russian players.
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    daveynydaveyny Member Posts: 8,227 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    The video that actually caught the shockwave hitting the garage and setting the car alarms off was pretty scary.
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    daveynydaveyny Member Posts: 8,227 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    stirling191 wrote: »
    Granted I'm no astronomer...but can you actually call it an impact if it doesn't hit the ground?

    They call Tunguska an Impact Event and it blew up 3 to 6 miles above the ground.
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    origcaptainquackorigcaptainquack Member Posts: 614 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    interesting stuff, i wonder if russia did cause the meteor to explode to prevent a major crash?

    does sto have russian players that live in russia?
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    direphoenixdirephoenix Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    From the videos I saw, I was completely amazed at how no one was pulling their cars over to take a look at this thing, not even when it exploded overhead.

    What do you do when there's a giant fireball streaking through the sky dangerously close and exploding overhead, turning dawn into noon in bright flashes? Who cares? The light just turned green! The traffic must continue!
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    idronaidrona Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    direphoenix wrote: »
    From the videos I saw, I was completely amazed at how no one was pulling their cars over to take a look at this thing, not even when it exploded overhead.

    What do you do when there's a giant fireball streaking through the sky dangerously close and exploding overhead, turning dawn into noon in bright flashes? Who cares? The light just turned green! The traffic must continue!

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    csgtmyorkcsgtmyork Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    Wow. That's crazy.



    Wait, wasn't there a Romero zombie movie that involved a meteorite and radiation? :P
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    crypticarmsmancrypticarmsman Member Posts: 4,115 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    daveyny wrote: »
    The video that actually caught the shockwave hitting the garage and setting the car alarms off was pretty scary.

    Yep - I didn't realize it caught the sound of the air blast when I first watched it so I had the sound pretty high and nearly had a heart attack myself; and it really spooked my poor cat..

    I'm just really glad it was high enough in the atmosphere that no major structural damage (or worse) occurred; but I have heard there were reports of some deaths; so if true, that's a terrible situation regardless. But still, had there been a ground impact, things would probably have been WAY worse.
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    dma1986dma1986 Member Posts: 541 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    captwinters1701 wrote: »
    Now the real question is wether or not this little meteorite was somehow related to the larger Asteroid that also passed by yesterday. The timing seems a little "too" coincidental. I wonder what the damage would have been like if it had been just a few hours later and arrived over central or western Europe.

    Yesterday? The larger one isn't due for another hour and 20 minutes: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21442863
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    altai8008altai8008 Member Posts: 43 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    Its a good job that insurance scams, and corrupt traffic police are so prevalent in Russia. Otherwise we'd have no footage!
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    bloctoadbloctoad Member Posts: 660 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    The meteor came from Klendathu.
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    altai8008altai8008 Member Posts: 43 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    bloctoad wrote: »
    The meteor came from Klendathu.

    g*ddamn bugs whacked us Johnny..
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    dma1986dma1986 Member Posts: 541 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    bloctoad wrote: »
    The meteor came from Klendathu.
    Asteroids from Klendathu are a major threat, and can cause serious damage.
    Would you like to know more?
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    psycoticvulcanpsycoticvulcan Member Posts: 4,160 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    We really need to work on serious deflection strategies. This one was a minor event; the next one might not be.
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    idronaidrona Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    Oh don't get me started on Starship Troopers quotes. :D
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    daveynydaveyny Member Posts: 8,227 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    dma1986 wrote: »
    Asteroids from Klendathu are a major threat, and can cause serious damage.
    Would you like to know more?

    I clicked on it... but got nuthin'... Damn BUGS are everywhere... ;)
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    hevachhevach Member Posts: 2,777 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    origcaptainquack wrote: »
    interesting stuff, i wonder if russia did cause the meteor to explode to prevent a major crash?

    A meteor that size will typically explode on its own, it's called an air burst. They're usually low density stony meteorites or comet fragments, but not always - the Sikhote-Alin air burst was an iron meteorite. If the conditions are right, a meteor will break up in a way that suddenly exposes a large surface area to ablation, and the sudden increase in heating blasts the object apart. It's not technically an explosion, but only in the way that most Hollywood special effects aren't technically explosions - there's a boom and a lot of fire

    The last one was in Brazil in the late 90's, not as large as this one, though in 1993 there was one much larger than this in Itlay at a much higher altitude.
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