Asteroid chunk injures 1000+ in Russia

[Spocky]

It's SOOOOOOOOOOOO obvious that this is a chunk that got split off from DA14 I'm surprised I haven't seen it mentioned yet. Who knows how many other pieces are going to enter the atmosphere even if the main rock misses us?

[Carrs Landing Viking]

It's SOOOOOOOOOOOO obvious that this is a chunk that got split off from DA14 I'm surprised I haven't seen it mentioned yet. Who knows how many other pieces are going to enter the atmosphere even if the main rock misses us?

What a ridiculous statement. That was a meteor shower ,NOT an asteroid fragment. Please educate yourself on the difference between the two.

[averagejoe]

It's SOOOOOOOOOOOO obvious that this is a chunk that got split off from DA14 I'm surprised I haven't seen it mentioned yet. Who knows how many other pieces are going to enter the atmosphere even if the main rock misses us?

From Castanet....

http://www.castanet.net/edition/news-st ... .htm#87425

Other sources....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90Omh7_I8vI

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/ ... 5Z20130215

http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/15/world/eur ... _inthenews

[Spocky]

What a ridiculous statement. That was a meteor shower ,NOT an asteroid fragment. Please educate yourself on the difference between the two.

Meteor showers come in multiples. There is no sign of ANYTHING but a single in the video footage. And I don't appreciate your tone.

[Carrs Landing Viking]

Google is your friend. did you even bother to look at links above , or even listen to the news reports ???

[Graham Adder]

spocky...you're incorrect in this case
drag that it is

[averagejoe]

From Castanet....

There was no immediate demonstrable connection between the Russian meteor and today`s asteroid fly-by.

http://www.castanet.net/edition/news-st ... .htm#87429

[Graham Adder]

Was it over 1000 people injured?
I haven't reviewed the url's posted, but the reports I have read all stated 500+, not 1000+.

[underscore]

The reports are still coming in, last night it was 100, then 500, now 1000 mostly small injuries, 2 people in critical condition and a zinc factory with a caved in roof.

It's SOOOOOOOOOOOO obvious that this is a chunk that got split off from DA14 I'm surprised I haven't seen it mentioned yet. Who knows how many other pieces are going to enter the atmosphere even if the main rock misses us?

Even though it came from the exact opposite direction a good 12 hours before DA14?

[dirtybiker]

The scariest part, for me anyways, is how close it came to their
nuclear waste sites and Explosives grade plutonium facilities.

[averagejoe]

Was it over 1000 people injured?
I haven't reviewed the url's posted, but the reports I have read all stated 500+, not 1000+.

Sonic boom caused by meteorite hurtling above Russian town at 33,000mph smashes buildings and injures 1,000 people before the space rock crashes into frozen lake

Large object flashed across the sky at 9.20am local time
Pictures show a streak of smoke followed by several bright blasts of flames
82 of the injured are children and two are in intensive care
Landed in a lake near Chebarkul, a neighbouring town
6,000 square feet of a roof at a zinc factory collapsed
One local said it 'was like a scene from the Armageddon movie'
Same day as Asteroid 2012 DA14, which is due to skim Earth's orbit tonight


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[French Castanut]

They said it exploded at 50km high in the atmosphere. 50m maybe but not 50km for sure... the atmosphere is not even that high.

[Nebula]

They said it exploded at 50km high in the atmosphere. 50m maybe but not 50km for sure... the atmosphere is not even that high.

Although the farther away from Earth the thinner the atmosphere, the atmosphere in fact extends more than 100 km from Earth.

[50-ish]

here's a video of what is sounds like. no idea what they are saying though.

[rookie314]

It's SOOOOOOOOOOOO obvious that this is a chunk that got split off from DA14 I'm surprised I haven't seen it mentioned yet. Who knows how many other pieces are going to enter the atmosphere even if the main rock misses us?

Where is the obvious part. They both had different trajectories, so by your logic my dog barked just after my cat meowed therefore they are talking to each other.