A meteorite fell Saturday night in the Peruvian area of Puno, close to the border with Bolivia, forming a crater with a 30 meters diamater, and six meters in depth, the local press reported today
Posted on 02/10/2010 9:23:12 PM PST by TaraP
Authorities reported a meteorite falling on Wednesday afternoon between the towns of Ahuazotepec and Cuautepec, which allegedly caused the cave-a bridge.
According to the Municipal Police Huauchinango, the first reports out there being injured and ensure that the impact generated a roar that was heard up Zacatlan and Tulancingo, Hidalgo.
According to Jorge Martinez, a reporter for XENQ, from 15:30 received reports of people in Huauchinango, Tulancingo Pachuca Tulancingo borders and even they said they had heard a loud explosion.
The Puebla information portal, e-consulta.com, said the incident took place today at 18:30 hours between the two populations and noted that the site has reached the Mexican army to cordon off the area.
Initially authorities believed the impact was by the falling aircraft. However, on reaching the place, they realized that the phenomenon left a hole 30 meters in diameter.
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A meteorite fell Saturday night in the Peruvian area of Puno, close to the border with Bolivia, forming a crater with a 30 meters diamater, and six meters in depth, the local press reported today
The end is near?
on their way
Quick, dig it out! There could be a Superbaby trapped in a capsule down there!
Maybe this is the “big punch” Iran is talking about doing on Feb. 11th. :)
Their aim is getting closer every time. First Peru, then Mexico, and next us... more or less.
bttt
They happen quite frequently lately..
Here is one that hit Montana last month
Meteor: Meteor over Montana caught on tape
http://www2.wnct.com/nct/news/national/article/meteor_meteor_over_montana_caught_on_tape/99315/
*ping*
Nice hole.
My first thought was that the size of the meteorite was 30 meters. That would be hugh and series.
Meteorite falls Ahuazotepec bridge collapses; Army cordoned off the area
2010 Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
Police confirmed the fall of a meteorite that collapsed a bridge between the municipalities and Cuautepec Ahuazotepec.
Preliminary reports indicate that no injuries and that the fall caused a roar that was heard up Zacatlan and Tulancingo, Hidalgo.
The incident took place Wednesday at 18:30 between the two populations, as far as the Mexican army arrived to cordon off the area.
The radio station Tulancingo XENQ was who gave the scoop a few hours ago.
It must be said that authorities in the region assumed at first that an aircraft had fallen, however, to get where they realized that the extraterrestrial object left a hole 30 meters in diameter.
Firing for range.
Yeah, me too. 90 ft wide is enough to take out at least a couple hundred square miles.
Thanks.
Show me the pic of the rock.
LOL.
High school physics question: What is amount of energy released in joules by an impact from a iron sphere 30 meters in diameter (density of iron = 7870 kg/m^2) hitting the earth at a speed of 15 km/s?
Bonus: Convert your answer to megatons.
Blame it on Bush.
One of our drones went off-target?
Hey, try hitting Venezuela next time.
Blame it on Bush.
One of our drones went off-target?
Hey, try hitting Venezuela next time.
So you’re thinking more like a couple thousand square miles vaporized.
OTOH, six-inchers have crashed through roof without too much damage.
Answer: 8.683*10^15 j, or 2.075 megatons.
That’s a big boom.
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