OT meteor in Russia

[rwsaunders]

How'd you like to see this on your morning ride...


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21468116

[mtb_frk]

Totally crazy. Looked brighter than the sun would be on the video.

[MattTuck]

I didn't see in the article, Is that related to this other meteor coming near earth?

[Tony T]

Is that related to this other meteor coming near earth?

Maybe:
A small asteroid, known as 2012 DA14, is expected to pass close to Earth later on Friday, NASA reported on its Web site. Aleksandr Y. Dudorov, a physicist at Chelyabinsk State University, said it was possible that the meteorite may have been flying alongside the asteroid.


http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2013/02/16/world/16meteorite4_337/16meteorite4_337-articleLarge.jpg

[jlyon]

I didn't see in the article, Is that related to this other meteor coming near earth?

Maybe the big meteor said "say hello to my little friend!"

[54ny77]

Djamolidine Abdoujaparov out for training ride again?

Maybe going for a comeback.

[BumbleBeeDave]

Maybe:
A small asteroid, known as 2012 DA14, is expected to pass close to Earth later on Friday, NASA reported on its Web site. Aleksandr Y. Dudorov, a physicist at Chelyabinsk State University, said it was possible that the meteorite may have been flying alongside the asteroid.


http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2013/02/16/world/16meteorite4_337/16meteorite4_337-articleLarge.jpg

. . of THIS meteroite exploding? Looks like a dashboard video cam of some sort?

BBD

[Liv2RideHard]

Maybe:
[INDENT][I]A small asteroid, known as 2012 DA14, is expected to pass close to Earth later on Friday, NASA reported on its Web site. Aleksandr Y. Dudorov, a physicist at Chelyabinsk State University, said it was possible that the meteorite may have been flying alongside the asteroid.


DA14 was to approach from the south. What I am reading is that the relation is not likely, just a coincidence.

[merlincustom1]

. . of THIS meteroite exploding? Looks like a dashboard video cam of some sort?

BBD

Tons of dash cams in Russia. Insurance fraud, especially peds jumping in front of cars and falling down, while the car is stopped, are rampant.

[Nooch]

. . of THIS meteroite exploding? Looks like a dashboard video cam of some sort?

BBD

i think it's where it broke into the atmosphere/broke the speed of whatever... (i'm obviously not a scientist!)

crazy stuff!

[Louis]

First the Tunguska event, now this. Why do the Russians get all the fun?

[yoshirider]

maybe it's Superman :)

[MattTuck]

First the Tunguska event, now this. Why do the Russians get all the fun?

It's payback for Ivan Drago's juicing.

[Tony T]

Is that a video grab of THIS meteroite exploding?

Not sure (probably), pic was from the NYT

[alessandro]

Tons of dash cams in Russia. Insurance fraud, especially peds jumping in front of cars and falling down, while the car is stopped, are rampant.

Thread drift alert: By now we've all seen what helmet/bike cams can do for cyclists when vehicularly assaulted while JRA. But as noted, Russian roads/drivers are :eek: INsane::eek:

Here's Why So Many Crazy Russian Car Crashes Are Caught On Camera
http://www.businessinsider.com/why-russian-drivers-have-dash-cams-2012-12

and

Dash-cams: Russia’s Last Hope For Civility And Survival On The Road
http://www.animalnewyork.com/2012/russian-dashcam/

[thwart]

Impressive stuff. I can see why NASA and others are urging some plan for a future asteroid strike.

From the NASA site, discussing the Tunguska event in 1908:

The year is 1908, and it's just after seven in the morning. A man is sitting on the front porch of a trading post at Vanavara in Siberia. Little does he know, in a few moments, he will be hurled from his chair and the heat will be so intense he will feel as though his shirt is on fire.

That's how the Tunguska event felt 40 miles from ground zero.

[mtb_frk]

http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/home/Meteorite-Explodes-Over-Russia-191379871.html

Pretty good article on it.

[jpw]

First the Tunguska event, now this. Why do the Russians get all the fun?

a big country. 10+ time zones?

[rice rocket]

Here's the video compilation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90Omh7_I8vI

[rwsaunders]

. . of THIS meteroite exploding? Looks like a dashboard video cam of some sort?

BBD

If you watch the BBC video, you can see it disintegrate.

[pinkshogun]

i would hope Will Smith and/or Bruce Willis would be called into action if a meteorite was heading towards the US

BTW, what is our plan if this happens

[Tony T]

Put you head between your legs and......

[CunegoFan]

BTW, what is our plan if this happens

Hope it hits Russia instead of us then rely on our high level of gun ownership to solve the inevitable zombie problem that always happens after an apocalypse.

[cat6]

Takin' It 2 the Next Level is the fourteenth album by the jazz group the World Saxophone Quartet and their second on the Canadian Justin Time label. The album features performances by Hamiet Bluiett, John Purcell, Oliver Lake and David Murray, with a rhythm section of Don Blackman, Calin Jones and Ronnie Burrage.

[rwsaunders]

You can now watch live streaming from NASA regarding the approaching asteroid...what next?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21442863

[Grant McLean]

Put you head between your legs and......

Come up with a conspiracy theory....

[Tony T]

I was referring to a massive hit from a meteor (not like the little one in Russia)

[BumbleBeeDave]

Exactly what did Lance know about the asteroid? . . . and when did he know it? :eek:

And could he help us avert disaster by intimidating it into going away?

:p

BBD

[William]

BTW, what is our plan if this happens...

http://cdnl.complex.com/mp/620/400/80/0/bb/1/ffffff/917306ddeb16d7240f45811b6c8837f8/images_/assets/CHANNEL_IMAGES/POP_CULTURE/2012/06/the-50-harshest-roger-ebert-movie-review-quotes/armageddon_264487.jpg





William

[William]

Hope it hits Russia instead of us then rely on our high level of gun ownership to solve the inevitable zombie problem that always happens after an apocalypse.

There is an even better defense against the Zombie Apocalypse.....



;)
William

[Tony T]

Exactly what did Lance know about the asteroid? And could he help us...
.

[laupsi]

I heard on NPR the near miss asteroid is traveling at 5 mps. That's 1,080,000 mph. :eek:

[BumbleBeeDave]

I heard on NPR the near miss asteroid is traveling at 5 mps. That's 1,080,000 mph. :eek:

I think that's only 18,000 miles per hour.

BBD

[laupsi]

I think that's only 18,000 miles per hour.

BBD

oops, I stand corrected, one too many mutlipliers, thanks!!! GOOD THING I DON'T WORK FOR NASA!!!

[tuxbailey]

Slight thread drift.



I have become a fan of the Russian Dash Cam videos. Some of the events they catch are amazing.

[Tom]

Slight thread drift.



I have become a fan of the Russian Dash Cam videos. Some of the events they catch are amazing.

Finding Bigfoot's days are numbered.

[MattTuck]

I heard on NPR the near miss asteroid is traveling at 5 mps. That's 1,080,000 mph. :eek:


I am beginning to have doubts about that century you did in 18 minutes ;)

[BumbleBeeDave]

oops, I stand corrected, one too many mutlipliers, thanks!!! GOOD THING I DON'T WORK FOR NASA!!!

They did lose one of their premier Mars orbiter spacecraft some years back because the programmers had not converted some units in the software commands from American to metric units. Oops.

BBD

[BumbleBeeDave]

I am beginning to have doubts about that century you did in 18 minutes ;)

That would be an average of 333.3 miles per hour. :eek:

Flat road? Tailwind? On one of these new-fangled "aero" bikes?

Yeah, totally do-able . . . :p

BBD

[laupsi]

I am beginning to have doubts about that century you did in 18 minutes ;)

what's even better - the more time passes, the faster that old century time becomes :banana:

[54ny77]

carbon goes fast.

[Peter P.]

Djamolidine Abdoujaparov out for training ride again?

Maybe going for a comeback.

Not likely; the meteorite held a straight line... ;-0

[blessthismess]

There is an even better defense against the Zombie Apocalypse.....



;)
William

I'm .going to have to remeber this when the time.comes

[MadRocketSci]

They did lose one of their premier Mars orbiter spacecraft some years back because the programmers had not converted some units in the software commands from American to metric units. Oops.

BBD

I hate british units....pound mass avoirdupois - pound force - slug - BTU - psia everything has an f'n conversion to do consistent calculations...

with the EU onboard with Orion, hoping somehow we don't have to worry about having two systems of units.

[AgilisMerlin]

no deaths ?

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/almost-1000-injured-as-10ton-meteor-blasts-across-russian-sky-causing-explosions-and-smashing-windows-8496426.html

[BumbleBeeDave]

Not likely; the meteorite held a straight line... ;-0

POTD! :p

[BumbleBeeDave]

no deaths ?

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/almost-1000-injured-as-10ton-meteor-blasts-across-russian-sky-causing-explosions-and-smashing-windows-8496426.html

. . . any mention in this story of fatalities. :confused:

BBD

[oldpotatoe]

Thread drift alert: By now we've all seen what helmet/bike cams can do for cyclists when vehicularly assaulted while JRA. But as noted, Russian roads/drivers are :eek: INsane::eek:

Here's Why So Many Crazy Russian Car Crashes Are Caught On Camera
http://www.businessinsider.com/why-russian-drivers-have-dash-cams-2012-12

and

Dash-cams: Russia’s Last Hope For Civility And Survival On The Road
http://www.animalnewyork.com/2012/russian-dashcam/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivQtMbL8bEA

[AgilisMerlin]

. . . any mention in this story of fatalities. :confused:

BBD

pardon/link/above

05:26 GMT: Russia’s Emergency Ministry has finalized the number of people injured by the meteorite explosion: 1,145 have sought medical attention, 50 of whom remain in hospital. No deaths from the incident have been officially registered, the Ministry reports.

http://rt.com/news/russia-meteor-meteorite-asteroid-chelyabinsk-291/

read into it what you will, but if in fact / no deaths :eek:

03:19 GMT: Medics in the Chelyabinsk region report that 51 persons remain in hospital as a result of the meteorite explosion, 13 of whom are children. One woman with a severe spinal fracture has been taken to Moscow by a ‘flying hospital’ aircraft, sent to Chelyabinsk by the Emergency Ministry. Most of the injured will be discharged from hospital in a matter of days, but still there are people with serious wounds – some fingers and toes were reportedly amputated, while others suffer from severe post-traumatic stress disorder.

19:38 GMT: People in medical facilities mainly complain of cut wounds, according to the Minister of Health of the Chelyabinsk region Marina Moskvicheva. 43 people were hospitalized, including 13 children. Two adults are in a serious condition, according to the ministry’s press service. Most of the victims live in Chelyabinsk – 655 people, including 159 children. 130 victims , 30 of which are children, live in the town of Kopeisk. As a result of the meteor shower 93 hospitals and 154 clinics were damaged, ITAR-TASS reports.

19:23 GMT: Video footage of a 6 meter hole from meteorite debris at lake Chebarkul in Chelyabinsk region is now available.

[Ahneida Ride]

oops, I stand corrected, one too many multipliers, thanks!!! GOOD THING I DON'T WORK FOR NASA!!!

Thanks ok ..... I can no longer calculate the national debt !

way to many zero's .............