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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Always over Russia. Interesting.
Clyde Lewis (”Ground Zero”) did a whole show on this last night.
I’m not sure Jacinta knows what a kiloton is. Normally, it means a force equal to 1000 tons of TNT.
If this is what she means, that’s a pretty big twinkie.
Deep under the surface of Russia, there’s a giant meteor magnet.
space force can save the russians
Russia, Always Russia...................
Well, ONE did hit over Africa a month or so ago..............
Climate scientists will fulminate over Siberia being a frozen tundra.*ahem*
It’s collusion.
Not that we need one over the US but someone is going to blame these on the US and Trump since they are hitting everywhere but here. :)
Always over Russia. Interesting.
My thoughts too. There is a reason. I wonder if any scientists have theories about that.
Maybe global warming means warmer air over the US, therefore protecting us? Wouldn’t that be ironic?
Not really, Russia is I believe the single biggest land mass country in the world. Russia is HUGE 6.6 MILLION SQUARE MILES, roughly 1/6th of the earths entire land mass. Its also incredibly LONG something like 5,700 miles east to west... so odds are very very good, that something in the northern hemisphere, falling to earth from space, is far more likely to happen over Russia than any other country.
To put this in context, the entire north american CONTINENT is only about 9.5 Millon square miles... the 48 contiguous states of the US is a around 3 Millions square miles .
If it hits N America, and strikes land, its most likely to hit Asia (biggest continent) and most likely to hit russia, biggest country in Asia.
Obviously can hit anywhere, but when you are the biggest place on the planet you have the highest odds.
“Always over Russia. Interesting.”
Maybe it’s because Russia stretches over seven tome zones. Just saying.
I’ve never been worried about climate change from CO2 since we know that CO2 levels have been higher in the past, that plants eat CO2 and that the inceases in greenhouse effects of increased CO2 diminishes as CO2 levels increase. (we are already past the point where any substantial effects will come from further increase in CO2 levels).
I am VERY concerned about the climate effects of a massive asteroid striking our planet. I wish we were spending as much on identifying, tracking and figuring out how to deflect a planet killer.
We would look pretty stupid if we had the capability to avert such a strike and went extinct wasting our energies on our unimportant carbon footprint.
Why can’t it be San Francisco?
Northern hemisphere, and very big. That’s why
Always over Russia. Interesting.
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The land mass of Russia is huge.
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