nautical1 Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 (edited) "YEKATERINBURG/CHELYABINSK, Russia (Reuters) - About 400 people were injured when a meteorite shot across the sky in central Russia on Friday sending fireballs crashing to Earth, smashing windows and setting off car alarms.Residents on their way to work in Chelyabinsk heard what sounded like an explosion, saw a bright light and then felt a shockwave, according to a Reuters correspondent in the industrial city 1,500 km (950 miles) east of Moscow.The meteorite raced across the horizon, leaving a long white trail in its wake which could be seen as far as 200 km (125 miles) away in Yekaterinburg. Car alarms went off, windows shattered and mobile phones worked only intermittently."And the Russians always seem to have dash cams rolling so there are several videos of it as well. For some reason the video won't embed so there's the link. There are a lot more videos here.http://zyalt.livejournal.com/722930.htmlThere is also an asteroid that's supposed to come within about 17,000 miles of Earth. Edited February 15, 2013 by nautical1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smashweights Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 Pretty incredible. That's a once in a century sight that few will ever have a chance to see! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron505 Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 Pretty incredible. That's a once in a century sight that few will ever have a chance to see!Lets hope so, huh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gump Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 RT.com reported a salvo of missle's took it out. Big ass hole in a lake. Didn't a predator movie start like this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ReconRat Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 RT.com reported a salvo of missle's took it out. Big ass hole in a lake. Didn't a predator movie start like this?ha, they would like to think so. But if it was moving at what they say; 33,000mph (mach 44), nothing made by humans would hit that. A battle laser probably wouldn't even track fast enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casper Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 RT.com reported a salvo of missle's took it out. Big ass hole in a lake. Didn't a predator movie start like this? Where did you find that on rt.com? I didn't read anything like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
standout Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 RT.com reported a salvo of missle's took it out. Big ass hole in a lake. Didn't a predator movie start like this?impossible. well maybe not impossible but u need a rabbits foot, a four leaf cover and an assload of luck. Our fastest missile moves about 3 miles per second. That meteor has been roperted at going over 19 miles a second. Thats moving Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReconRat Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 I take it back. If you were at ground zero and threw an elbow at it as it struck you, then yes, something made by man could hit it. But you'd have to be very very quick... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JStump Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 I take it back. If you were at ground zero and threw an elbow at it as it struck you, then yes, something made by man could hit it. But you'd have to be very very quick...I think that may be more classified as it hitting you lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkow97 Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 Pretty incredible. That's a once in a century sight that few will ever have a chance to see!Astronomer from Baldwin Wallace University says this happens a lot more than once a century. In his words, "70% of the planet is water, so we usually just don't notice."He estimated that meteors strike land every 40 years or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkow97 Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 impossible. well maybe not impossible but u need a rabbits foot, a four leaf cover and an assload of luck. Our fastest missile moves about 3 miles per second. That meteor has been roperted at going over 19 miles a second. Thats movingWhere'd you read/hear that?Again, according to the astronomer on the radio this morning, I heard 17,000mph, or 8 kilometers per second, which is more like 5 miles per second, not 19 miles a second.Still faster than a missile, but not by as much as you're saying. And I'm not saying I'm right - just that that's what the head of Baldwin Wallace's astronomy department said on the radio this morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C-bus Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 I take it back. If you were at ground zero and threw an elbow at it as it struck you, then yes, something made by man could hit it. But you'd have to be very very quick...Only one man comes to mind, but hasn't been seen nor heard from in weeks.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarvismb Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 North Korea now has nukes, unicorns, and meteors under their control.Shit just got real. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gump Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 (edited) Where did you find that on rt.com? I didn't read anything like that.http://rt.com/news/meteorite-crash-urals-chelyabinsk-283/It was at 2am I read it.Bastards... I checked it, my page was still open the phone. I read it again about the missle's, refreshed and it was gone. They edited. Should a screen shorted it. Swear to god it was there. 100%It's possible to hit it'd Id think but not chasing it, intersepting it. Edited February 15, 2013 by Gump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
standout Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 Where'd you read/hear that?Again, according to the astronomer on the radio this morning, I heard 17,000mph, or 8 kilometers per second, which is more like 5 miles per second, not 19 miles a second.Still faster than a missile, but not by as much as you're saying. And I'm not saying I'm right - just that that's what the head of Baldwin Wallace's astronomy department said on the radio this morning.I heard it on the radio but fox new and daily mail are reporting 33,000 miles an hourhttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2279020/Russian-meteor-shower-Sonic-boom-caused-meteorite-hurtling-Chebarkul-injures-1-000-people.htmlhttp://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/02/15/injuries-reported-after-meteorite-falls-in-russia-ural-mountains/17,000 or 33,000 either way just an impressive feat. The amount of damage something relatively small can do at that speed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gump Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 (edited) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2988756/postsMentions what I read on RT a 2am about the missle's.Read way down to the reagonite dude and what he states about the missle's.Why is that hole in the lake round? Wrong angle. Edited February 15, 2013 by Gump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snot Posted February 16, 2013 Report Share Posted February 16, 2013 Pretty awesome. I bet it scared the crap out of them, it would of me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReconRat Posted February 16, 2013 Report Share Posted February 16, 2013 If anyone gets the Science Channel, there will be a special Saturday night at 8pm ET.""Russian Meteor Explosion" premieres on the channel Saturday night at 8 p.m. ET." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReconRat Posted February 16, 2013 Report Share Posted February 16, 2013 Why Almost Everyone in Russia Has a Dash Cam"Russia averages 25.2 traffic fatalities per 100,000 people. The U.S., by comparison, had 13.9 road deaths per 100,000 people in the same year, despite having six times more cars."That would be 12 times more crap than we have here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ReconRat Posted February 16, 2013 Report Share Posted February 16, 2013 (edited) join the club. Now you too can have a fireball in your sky!Fireball reported across California sky 2/15/2013 7:44PM (yes, we've got dashcams too)http://youtu.be/HLpTOc1i8_8edit: "Sporadic meteors bring as much as 15,000 tons of space debris to Earth each year" Edited February 16, 2013 by ReconRat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadyone Posted February 16, 2013 Report Share Posted February 16, 2013 ^^ not even close to the same. Haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReconRat Posted February 16, 2013 Report Share Posted February 16, 2013 ^^ not even close to the same. Haha.Yeah. I've seen many larger than that right here in Ohio.Not recently though.I saw three small ones at the end of December.All on different days.Had to think... why so many. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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