Meteor burned up over Russia today

[HardkorSB]

Absolutely awesome. Wish I was there to see it.

Man, it would be awesome to see something like that in person. Especially if there were no injuries.

I've seen one in 2002. It was a night with a clear sky so the trail of flame it left behind looked amazing.
I remember saying to my friend "Look over there!" and pointing at the sky. He looked at me and said "Where?" and he missed it.

 

[spartan231490]

Anyone else hear of this? Quite exciting stuff!

Sources:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21468116
http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2013/02/15/breaking_huge_meteor_explodes_over_russia.html

DAT SONIC BOOM. [insert Rainbow Dash image here]

It's scary though that they didn't know it was coming. True, no real lasting damage was done, but how big can they get without us seeing them if they come from the sun's direction?

they dont need to come from the suns direction for us to miss them. its a big sky and we havent even looked at most of it, let alone all of it

 

[Thaluikhain]

Man, it would be awesome to see something like that in person. Especially if there were no injuries.

I know what you mean, but if you see a bright flash or light in the sky all of a sudden, please, please, please don't rush to a window to look. I daresay a lot of the injuries caused were due to people getting broken window glass in the face when the sonic boom hit.

Up until a few days ago, if someone said "a bright flash or light in the sky all of a sudden", I'd have assumed a nuclear initiation, and the same very much applies. Of course, depending on the yield and how close it is, you might get blinded or burned before the blast hits, which might destroy your house anyway[footnote]It goes light heat blast, in that order. "Left handed bastards" is apparently the mnemonic[/footnote]. But as a general rule, ducking and covering doesn't hurt, and there's going to be people it would save.

 

[DeathStreamer]

I'm glad there were no serious injuries. Broken windows must suck though, it's below freezing!

You realise that over 1000 people were injured right? Mostly by the by the broken glass. Saw images on the news and that shit looked pretty painful to me.

 

[trollnystan]

Anyone else hear of this? Quite exciting stuff!

Sources:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21468116
http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2013/02/15/breaking_huge_meteor_explodes_over_russia.html

DAT SONIC BOOM. [insert Rainbow Dash image here]

It's scary though that they didn't know it was coming. True, no real lasting damage was done, but how big can they get without us seeing them if they come from the sun's direction?

they dont need to come from the suns direction for us to miss them. its a big sky and we havent even looked at most of it, let alone all of it

True, but it coming from the sun's direction makes a lot harder to see them. What we might spot (with some luck) from any other direction, will very likely take us by surprise coming from the sun's direction.

 

[trollnystan]

Left handed bastards

We're always so maligned, us sinist-- I mean lefties. Sigh...[footnote]Note to self: Cancel planed nuclear attack. They're on to us![/footnote]

 

[Thaluikhain]

Anyone else hear of this? Quite exciting stuff!

Sources:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21468116
http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2013/02/15/breaking_huge_meteor_explodes_over_russia.html

DAT SONIC BOOM. [insert Rainbow Dash image here]

It's scary though that they didn't know it was coming. True, no real lasting damage was done, but how big can they get without us seeing them if they come from the sun's direction?

they dont need to come from the suns direction for us to miss them. its a big sky and we havent even looked at most of it, let alone all of it

True, but it coming from the sun's direction makes a lot harder to see them. What we might spot (with some luck) from any other direction, will very likely take us by surprise coming from the sun's direction.

Well they can't come from the Sun as such. They might be close to between the Earth and the Sun when they get here, but they have to be in other relative places before that.

 

[Sewa_Yunga]

Maybe our scientists were simply too focused on the bigger asteroid passing by around the same time.

[sub]Solrock used Explosion! Solrock fainted.[/sub]

 

[Albino Boo]

Anyone else hear of this? Quite exciting stuff!

Sources:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21468116
http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2013/02/15/breaking_huge_meteor_explodes_over_russia.html

DAT SONIC BOOM. [insert Rainbow Dash image here]

It's scary though that they didn't know it was coming. True, no real lasting damage was done, but how big can they get without us seeing them if they come from the sun's direction?

they dont need to come from the suns direction for us to miss them. its a big sky and we havent even looked at most of it, let alone all of it

True, but it coming from the sun's direction makes a lot harder to see them. What we might spot (with some luck) from any other direction, will very likely take us by surprise coming from the sun's direction.

Well they can't come from the Sun as such. They might be close to between the Earth and the Sun when they get here, but they have to be in other relative places before that.

The real reason why it wasn't spotted is because there the only continuous radar observations of space are the ballistic missiles early warning radars. If the incoming object does not approach in the coverage of those radars it isn't going to be picked up. They can pick out much smaller shapes of an in coming warhead against the sun, they can pick up a 10 tonn lump of rock. The truth is they are simply not looking.

 

[Snownine]

Man, it would be awesome to see something like that in person. Especially if there were no injuries.

Actually, there are plenty of people injured, but no deaths, many have minor cuts and bruises from the broken glass, others are a bit worse.

Anyway, it's a miracle no one was killed and the majority of injuries are minor, it landed in a lake away from people, it would have been worse if it landed anywhere in a town.

But a meteor hitting for the first time in hundreds of years, that's impressive.

I know people got hurt, that is why I said it would be awesome to see it if no one got hurt. It also was not hundreds of years, there are observed falls every few decades. Those are just the ones we see, the Earth is bombarded with small meteorites every day. Most are the size of grains of sand or pebbles though.

Apologies for misreading your comment chap.

But yeah, I already know that, but it's been ages since one of this scale has arrived and cause damage (thankfully limited to minor property damage and minor injuries)

Hey, no problem, just wanted to clarify what I meant. You think insurance covers injuries caused by meteorites?

 

[Thaluikhain]

Man, it would be awesome to see something like that in person. Especially if there were no injuries.

Actually, there are plenty of people injured, but no deaths, many have minor cuts and bruises from the broken glass, others are a bit worse.

Anyway, it's a miracle no one was killed and the majority of injuries are minor, it landed in a lake away from people, it would have been worse if it landed anywhere in a town.

But a meteor hitting for the first time in hundreds of years, that's impressive.

I know people got hurt, that is why I said it would be awesome to see it if no one got hurt. It also was not hundreds of years, there are observed falls every few decades. Those are just the ones we see, the Earth is bombarded with small meteorites every day. Most are the size of grains of sand or pebbles though.

Apologies for misreading your comment chap.

But yeah, I already know that, but it's been ages since one of this scale has arrived and cause damage (thankfully limited to minor property damage and minor injuries)

Hey, no problem, just wanted to clarify what I meant. You think insurance covers injuries caused by meteorites?

"Hello? A meteorite just fell on top of my house and the entire lot is a huge smoking crater! My family have lot's of burns...so what do we get on the insurance?"

You know, I'm not sure

A few years back, someone in New Zealand (I think it was NZ) had a meteorite come through their roof and into their couch. Fortunately, it was small, and had been air cooled and slowed enough not to cause any real damage. I think the money they got from selling it to a university or something covered the repair bill.

 

[Nouw]

I'm glad there were no serious injuries. Broken windows must suck though, it's below freezing!

You realise that over 1000 people were injured right? Mostly by the by the broken glass. Saw images on the news and that shit looked pretty painful to me.

I don't deny that it would have been painful. In hindsight it was a bit too much on the bright side; I was just surprised no one was killed that's all.