Posted on 06/26/2018 9:02:58 AM PDT by BenLurkin
NASA's fireball records show that the meteor exploded with 2.8 kilotons of force on June 21 at 01:16 UTC over a number of Russian cities including Lipetsk, which is south-east of Moscow.
The explosion size correlates to a smallish asteroid of about 4 metres (13 feet) in diameter, which is a bit of a baby compared to the 20 metre (65 feet) asteroid that exploded back in February 2013 over Chelyabinsk, Russia.
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Although we don't know yet if any of the fragments reached Earth's surface, we do know that the intense explosion caused by the friction in the air likely disintegrated most of the rock before it had a chance to touch down.
But, as has become a regular occurrence, the asteroid wasn't detected until it had hit our atmosphere, which does make us just a tiny bit nervous. While it wasn't a mammoth that could destroy life as we know it, it still shows we have a long way to go to easily detect interlopers from space.
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Odd how so many of these explode over Russia... and NOT in other places - like here or China or Canada...
That’s actually about right for that size of asteroid...
My thoughts too. There is a reason. I wonder if any scientists have theories about that.
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Russia has a huge land mass.
Even ASSteroids won’t go there...............
Too detailed. I like global warming as a better explanation.
Sorry that should be
“IF it hits the Northern Hemisphere” not “north america”
Just Trump testing his Asteroid gun.
I wish that I could post that photoshop of the Star Trek’s Enterprise under construction at Boeing...but it is in an email that I received.
Trump did it! Russian collusion!
Headline: asteroid
article: meteor
Sorry, but it can’t be both ways. Pick one.
Luckily, the article didn’t blame Trump.
The rooster crowing at the end was a nice touch. Time for people to wake up.
The Bing says that Russia is 6.6 Million Square Miles. The United States is 3.8 MSM.
On the other hand, the North American continent is reported as 9.5 MSM.
“Why can’t it be San Francisco?”
A meteor wouldn’t have an affect.
San Fran looks as though it’s
been hit already.
As already stated Russia is a huge land mass. Russia also monitors the airspace over its land mass. I doubt that any countries in Africa do that. Makes me wonder how many asteroids explode over the ocean and Antarctica and just go unnoticed. It would be detected over the Arctic because that area is monitored.
That’s funny. Thanks.
There’s a theory that gold is from outer space, so is it unreasonable to theorize that exploding asteroids sprinkle gold nuggets?
LOL
That might actually clean the crap off the sidewalks for the first time.
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