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.
(Excerpt) Read more at sciencealert.com ...
I had assteroids a while back. A real pain in the.......oh wait you’re talking about something else.
“Always over Russia. Interesting.”
Russia has a HUGE landmass. So not so unusual. (70% ocean means alot of similar evens might go largely unnoticed).
“over a number of Russian cities” - means it was high up.
Not much like that one a few years ago that was only like 10(?) miles up ... and VERY close to a city (so much that peoples car video recorders (used commonly for insurance) recorded enough evidence so that trajectory/speed/breakup could actually be analysed in detail).
weapons test from our space force, cant nuke us for meteor impacts
Your Concern is noted
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