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| Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2013 9:19 am |
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| Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2013 11:04 am |
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| whm1974 |
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| It is lucky that it didn't exploded over a highly populated area. |
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| Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2013 12:58 pm |
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| robert w |
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i was amazed at how the higher ups said it would miss earth by 12000 miles or whatever they claimed . several died and was hurt accordin to what google news claimed. scary space rocks. hey quit throwin rocks at us here on earth  |
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| Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2013 1:16 pm |
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| rsterne |
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This has nothing to do with the Asteroid due to miss us by 27,000 km. this morning....
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| Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2013 8:06 pm |
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| Did the Russians even have time to launch an ABM against it. I wonder if we are able to intercept something like that on short notice. |
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| Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2013 9:07 pm |
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I've heard vastly conflicting reports about the size of the Russian meteor.... from 9 tons to 7,000 (wrong!).... but the asteroid that missed us was 143,000 tons and 45 metres (150 ft.) across....
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| "The meteorite, which weighed about 10 metric tons and may have been made of iron, travelling at a speed of 30 km (19 miles) per second, entered Earth's atmosphere and broke apart 30-50 km (19-31 miles) above ground, according to Russia's Academy of Sciences." |
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| Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2013 9:46 pm |
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| robert w |
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| also the injuries and death tolls too . i want to know how they get the weight figures on something we never have helt or seen . it might be heavier than they say or might be lighter too. |
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| Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2013 1:14 am |
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| The thing that was supposed to miss did miss, rest assured! |
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| Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2013 4:19 am |
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| Jetronic |
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| robert w wrote: |
| also the injuries and death tolls too . i want to know how they get the weight figures on something we never have helt or seen . it might be heavier than they say or might be lighter too. |
Meteorites only exist in a limited nr of compositions, so it's mostly a matter of deducting the size... the type of material can likely be deducted from the fire trail (like fireworks) |
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